Title: Brother of Fire - Chapter 2 (revised)
Author: Viper Inferno
E-mail: viperdvman@hotmail.com
Genre: Action Drama/Epic
Rated: PG

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                           Brother Of Fire
                          By Viper Inferno

                              Chapter 2

	"Find me," a young girl's voice said to Kyodai in the middle of 
the night, "Search the world for me, my Prince of Mars."

	Kyodai opened his eyes to find himself in the middle of a vast 
desert. It was nighttime, with the stars being the only thing 
glistening in the night sky. Since it was nighttime in a desert, the 
air was comfortably cool to the touch. There was not a cloud about, yet 
the breeze was gentle as it carried the young girl's words. He couldn't 
make out what he was seeing, nor what he was hearing.

	"Where are you?" he asked.

	Silence was he only answer. He looked all about the desert, 
wondering how he ended up there. But then the wind suddenly grew into a 
massive gust, sending the man flying for seemingly a short distance. 
Kyodai slammed face first into the sand, coating his face in it. He 
lifted his face from the sand, spitting out any that had gotten into 
his mouth.

	That gust, however, was the last of the wind he had felt. The 
winds were once again calm, yet the air was still mild to the touch. 
When he opened his eyes, he found himself to be indoors, looking out a 
massive doorway leading onto a large starlit balcony. Kyodai slowly 
made it back to his feet and brushed the rest of the sand off of his 
face before walking toward the balcony. 

	Surprisingly, he couldn't make out any of the features in the 
room he was walking through, as if everything around him but the 
doorway and the balcony was pitch black. But when he made it outside 
and onto the balcony, he found it to be an even more captivating sight. 
It was overlooking a vast and beautiful ocean, glistening in the 
starlight.

	"I'm right here, my Prince of Mars," the voice finally answered 
from somewhere very close by. Kyodai turned to his right to see the 
spectral figure of a beautiful young lady. He couldn't even begin to 
make out the features of her. It was only when a gentle breeze began to 
blow did he notice the outline of her hair sway elegantly.

	"Find me," she said.

	"But you're right here," Kyodai argued.

	"Search the world for me," she continued to say.

	"Where?" he asked, "How can I search the world for you when you're 
right here before me?"

	The young woman only walked closer to him. Even as she was nearing 
him, he still couldn't make out even a single facial feature. Yet he 
still knew in his heart that she was an absolutely beautiful young lady. 
She then took his hands into hers. Kyodai found it odd that he could 
feel her soft, silky hands caress his, that he could see her hair flow 
elegantly in the wind, and that he could hear her soft beautiful voice 
echo in the wind, but he couldn't even see this beautiful princess that 
was standing right before him. All that stood before him was but a 
spectral outline.

	"You've been on a journey, my Prince of Mars," she said softly, 
her voice still echoing in the wind, "We have been apart for a thousand 
years. I am sad that we have been apart for this long, and I know that 
my absence has made you sad as well. I want us to be together again. I 
want us to be happy again."

	"What am I supposed to do, my princess?" Kyodai sadly asked, 
feeling the sadness in his heart and feeling helpless to end it.

	"I am out there somewhere, waiting for you," she answered, giving 
his hands a gentle squeeze, "Find me. That is what you must do."
	"But where?" Kyodai asked.

	"On your journey, my Prince of Mars," the princess replied, "The 
same journey you've been on since you discovered who you are."

	Somehow, Kyodai believed what she was saying, and was beginning to 
understand it better. He has seen this princess before, he has loved 
this princess before, and he has been this close to this princess 
before, all happening many years ago. Yet, ever since she began calling 
to him, he has been searching for her. But more so, it was the fact 
that she subtly mentioned him discovering his true self that had helped 
him to understand what she was saying.

	"Search the world for me, my Prince of Mars," said the princess as 
he let go of his hands. Slowly, she began to back away from him, toward 
the darkness from which he himself had emerged.

	"I am out there, somewhere. Let your heart guide you, my Prince of 
Mars, for it knows when you've found me. Wherever you go, wherever you 
search in the world, no matter how difficult the journey, if you 
search... I will be waiting for you... I promise," she said with her 
voice echoing as she slowly disappeared into the dark room.



	Suddenly, there was a flash, and Kyodai found himself lying down. 
He opened his eyes, finding himself in darkness once again, this time 
wrapped sheets. He rolled over to his left, finding only his alarm 
clock reading 5:12am. The sight of that alarm clock helped him to 
conclude that he was back in the temple, back in his room. "Damn, not 
another one of those dreams," he said to himself as he rolled back over, 
facing the ceiling of his room, "Yet I still wonder who she is. She's 
definitely someone I know, or once knew."

	Dreams such as this weren't anything new to Kyodai. He had been 
having these dreams of the same princess since he had first left the 
Hikawa Jinja, though they had begun occurring more often just recently. 
But not only were the dreams of the same princess, but ones of what 
seemed to be a life from long ago. The dreams also involved people he 
knew from that distant past, close friends he had. And what was odd to 
him was that he could easily point those friends out today, but he 
could never point that princess of his out.

	Since it was almost time for his alarm to be going off, Kyodai 
rolled back over and turned his alarm clock off. Then, he threw the 
sheets off of him and sat up in his bed, letting his feet hang over the 
edge and onto the floor. The cool air in his room struck his slightly 
sweaty body, giving him a slight chill. "I need a shower," he said to 
himself has he set his feet down onto the cold wooden floor, got up 
from his bed, and walked over to his door. He slid it open and walked 
through the dark hall and into the bathroom.	

	Kyodai walked out of the shower with a towel wrapped around his 
waist. 

	"About time Kyodai," said Rei at the door in her pajamas, waiting 
impatiently for what seemed like forever, "I hope there's some hot 
water left."

	"Sorry Rei-chan," Kyodai apologized as he walked toward his room, 
which allowed Rei to have her time in the shower. Once in his room, 
Kyodai opened his relatively large wardrobe. "Okay now, what to wear," 
Kyodai said to himself, examining the many different shirts and pants 
he had. He had his wardrobe very neatly organized, with his t-shirts 
separated from his collars, his long sleeves from his short sleeves, 
his slacks separated from his jeans, his coats separated from his 
jackets, and so forth.

	He decided to pull out a white short-sleeve shirt, a pair maroon 
slacks, a maroon sport coat, and his lavender necktie. It was a usual 
casual style for him. Sure, he'd wear t-shirts now and then, especially 
when he was either exercising or just didn't feel like dressing in his 
casuals. Like his best friend, Mamoru, he usually wore collared shirts, 
tie or no tie, slacks and rarely jeans, and sometimes a blazer or sport 
coat to go with it. Very rarely did he ever wear a full suit and tie. 
That was reserved more for business, outings, and other events where it 
was appropriate. After he had gotten himself dressed, he fixed his hair 
into its usual style, tied back ponytail with his bangs hanging down 
the side of his face and in front of his ears. All nicely dressed now, 
Kyodai walked out of his room and into the kitchen to look for 
breakfast.

	Unlike his decision of what to wear, he had a rather hard time 
deciding what to make for breakfast. This wasn't a usual behavior 
coming from him. But it was that princess dream that had left him 
thinking about it for a while. He really wasn't sure what kind of 
breakfast he was in the mood for. Would he take the time to fix himself 
a nice breakfast, as well as fix some up for everyone else at the 
temple? Or would he just forget about it and grab any leftovers from 
the refrigerator. But as he was taking his time deciding on breakfast, 
Rei walked into the kitchen with breakfast on her mind as well. Either 
Rei took no time at all when taking her shower, or it was really taking 
Kyodai that long to decide on breakfast.

	"Hey Kyodai-chan, would you like to eat out before we do 
anything?" she asked.

	"Yeah," said Kyodai, breathing heavily into an open cupboard, 
"Saves me from having to cook something."

	"Oh, Kyodai-chan, you're not that bad of a cook," she reassured, 
brushing off his last statement.

	"Sure," he responded to Rei's original question as he closed the 
cupboards. He then looked at his sister, who was dressed in a casual 
red blouse and skirt with a pink vest, and red flats to match. Her red 
beret complemented her style.

	"Great," said Rei excitedly, "Hope you're not this indecisive at 
wherever we're going." She followed Kyodai to his room where he picked 
up his car keys. Yuuichirou then walked out of his room, still in his 
pajamas, obviously having just wakened up himself. Rei immediately 
turned to get his attention, "Hey Yuuichirou-san, tell Grandpa we left 
early to have breakfast."

	"Yeah," he grunted in response, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes 
as he made his way into the bathroom. Kyodai grabbed his car keys and 
joined Rei as they made their way out of the living room. Once outside, 
they made their way across the shrine and down the steps to where 
Kyodai's old coupe and Gabianni's sedan were parked. They both hopped 
into Kyodai's old coupe and casually began making their way to a 
nearby donut shop.

	While on their way, they were rather silent in the car for the 
first few minutes of the trip. Rei was thinking about her planned 
activities for later that day, while Kyodai was in little mood for 
talking with that recurring princess dream still on his mind. Rei 
looked over to her brother and decided to break the silence, especially 
when she sensed that something was on his mind. "You're rather quiet 
for a guy who just returned to the Hikawa Jinja to live with his family,
and was very excited about doing so," she commented.

	That had broken Kyodai's train of thought as her words were just 
then registering in his brain. It took a moment before he replied, "I'm 
still stoked about being back with everyone. Why do you think you and I 
are spending much of the day together?"

	His delayed response only proved her intuition to be true. "Another 
dream?" she asked.

	"It was nothing," he replied, snubbing her inquiry.

	"Then why is it still on your mind?" she questioned, not wanting to 
be just brushed off so easily. She knew there was something to it.

	"Just a bad dream, that's all," Kyodai again replied, bending the 
truth a little.

	"Oh really? You consider a girl a bad dream?" Rei revealed, letting 
him know that she had seen right through his lie, "I know you don't date 
girls too much, sometimes to the point that it's ridiculous how little 
you date girls, but now it's but a bad dream?"

	"No, it's not that," Kyodai rebutted, oblivious to his sister's 
little pun, "It's just..." He paused for a minute as he tried to find a 
way to put it.

	"Your dream girl?" Rei guessed, which really wasn't too far from 
the truth.

	Kyodai turned his face away slightly, obviously trying to hide a 
slight blush from being exposed by his sister's ESP, yet still keeping 
his eye on the road. But that effort was futile as Rei's quick eyes 
caught him red-faced the instant before he turned away.

	"I see..." Rei teased, knowing she's guessed right, "So tell me, 
what's she like?"

	"Not now, Rei... we're almost there," said Kyodai, once again 
avoiding his sister's probing inquiries.

	"Fine, you can tell me later," said Rei as she turned back to the 
city streets in front of them. Once the donut shop had come into their 
view not a moment too soon, Kyodai turned into the lot and into a 
vacant parking space.



	Once inside, the duo made their way through a small gathering of 
people and to the counter. There, they browsed the menu, wondering 
exactly what kind of donuts they wanted. A short moment passed, and 
Kyodai wasn't as indecisive has he and Rei both decide on milk and 
devil's food donuts for breakfast. 

	"My friends won't be out this early," said Rei, "They'd be awake 
and having their breakfast by now."

	"Where are they gonna be and when?" Kyodai asked.

	"They'll all meet at Makoto's at about 11am. I sort of arranged 
this so they could meet you."

	"You arranged a gathering so you would introduce me to your 
friends?"

	"Umm... yes," Rei answered halfway sheepishly, before changing her 
tone, "Hey, I was stoked about you coming back at the time. And I still 
am."

	"Okay, first you build a rather nice trophy case for all my 
trophies, you decorate my room, and you arrange a meeting between me 
and your friends?" Kyodai pieced together, "You must've really been 
excited about having me live with you again."

	"Well, it has been 4 years since you moved away with our aunt and 
uncle. I only heard from you but a couple times a week, and only saw 
you every couple of weeks. Excited was hardly a word I could've used, 
as it would've been an understatement," Rei explained, "Do you remember 
how old I was back when you moved out?"

	"9 or 10, right?" Kyodai estimated, having an idea of the correct 
answer.

	"Yes," Rei replied, before silence fell between them as those 
thoughts rested on their minds. This was really the first time in 
months that both she and Kyodai have spent any time together, just them 
as siblings. So what to do for the day was also on their minds, as well 
as Rei's arranged meeting with her friends. But it was what to do 
before then which brought up another question to Kyodai's mind, "So... 
what do you want to do for 2 hours?"

	"Let's see, walk in the park, go to the arcade, the mall's not 
open 'til 10, few of my friends are awake at this hour," Rei replied as 
she continued her long list of can do's and can't do's.

	"Park sounds fine to me," said Kyodai, quick to reply.

	"And what will we do there?" Rei asked, inquisitive as to even the 
very details of how they would spend the next hour or so before meeting 
up with Rei's friends.

	"How about a nice bike ride?" Kyodai suggested after a moment of 
pondering.

	"Sounds good," Rei agreed after finishing her breakfast.

	"Ready to go?" Kyodai asked, having finished his as well. Rei gave 
a quick nod before getting up from her seat. She briskly made her way 
to the door, with Kyodai following close behind with the trays, 
dropping them off in one of the trash bins before leaving the café. 

	They then jumped into the car and made their trek through the 
morning city traffic, on their way back to the Hikawa Jinja. With a 
bike ride being their activity at the park, they had to go back home 
and change into some exercise clothes.
	However, the city traffic wasn't as bad as Kyodai had originally 
anticipated as he took little time at all getting back to the shrine.

	Once inside, they each went into their rooms and did their best to 
quickly change into some exercise clothes. For both of them, it 
consisted of t-shirts and shorts. The weather outside was descent 
enough for being the middle of fall, but it was still enough for the 
both of them to stand it while wearing shorts. 

	Once dressed, they both made their way out of the living room and 
out to the shrine grounds. "Man, I need the exercise," said Kyodai as 
he pulled his old bike out.

	"Hey, it gives us something to do for an hour and a half," said 
Rei as she pulled hers out as well.



	They hopped onto their bikes and began their long ride down to the 
park. Kyodai pedaled at high speed, his strong soccer player legs 
making it seem effortless, while Rei struggled to keep up, since she 
had spent more time on her training as a miko rather than physical 
exercise. Though she did take martial arts along with the others, she 
didn't have Kyodai's dedication to sports to further improve her 
physical prowess. 

	Minutes later, Kyodai made it to the park, barely even breaking a 
sweat. So he leaned his bike up next to a tree and awaited his sister. 
It didn't take too long for Rei to catch up with him. She stopped right 
in front of him, panting and sweating after having pushed herself hard 
to try and keep up with her speedy brother. "Kyodai, I'm not a soccer 
player. I can't keep up with you," she scolded while trying to catch 
her breath.

	"Sorry Rei-chan, I just couldn't resist," said Kyodai, laughing. 

	Frustrated enough, Rei took off one of her canvas Mary Janes and 
knocked him over the head with it, "Showoff."

	After Rei had finally caught her breath a moment later, Kyodai 
grabbed his bike and started down the bike trail, being more 
conservative with his speed this time. This allowed Rei to follow close 
behind him without any effort.



	Halfway through the trail, they met Obake on his Saturday morning 
run. Obake greeted the siblings as they rode by, continuing on his run. 
They were actually rather silent on their little bike ride, for their 
meeting with Rei's friends had dominated both of their minds. That did 
leave Kyodai to think about it. He thought about what few buddies he 
did have. All he had was Mamoru, whom Rei already knew, whom Rei once 
dated, and Okabe, the soccer buddy he with whom he was closest. Kyodai 
didn't really have much to introduce his sister to. And this also had 
Kyodai thinking, these girls must've been her age. But who says an 18-
year-old can't be friends with 14-year-olds. Then again, Kyodai never 
really cared much for dating girls, and was friends with very few of 
them in his life. So Kyodai didn't really know what to think about his 
sister arranging a meeting with her friends. All he could do was to 
take it as a formal introduction.

	It wasn't until he and Rei had passed Obake 3 times before she had 
gotten his attention. Kyodai stopped and looked back to see Rei 
pointing at her watch, letting him know it was time to be heading back 
to the shrine. Passing by Obake 3 times, that must've taken a while 
with how large the lake was, and how fast they were going compared to 
Obake's jogging.

	"Alright," he responded as turned around and began making his way 
home, riding slower this time to avoid another meeting with Rei's shoe.



	Hikawa Jinja...

	They made it home a little more casually, and a little later than 
they wanted to get there. There, they took their turns showering, 
removing from their bodies any evidence of their nice little exercise 
adventure. After showering, they changed back into the clothes they had 
worn earlier that morning, especially since all they did in them was go 
out to breakfast. On their way out, Kyodai had glanced at the clock in 
the living room, showing him that he had only a few minutes to drive 
down to Makoto's place. Even if he had sped getting there, he didn't 
know exactly how long he had to get there. Rei had not yet told him 
where in Tokyo Makoto lived.

	"We're late," said Kyodai, grabbing his shoes as he hurried out 
the door. He hadn't even gotten his shoes on his feet until he made it 
down the steps to where his car was. He then abruptly jumped into his 
car and started the engine. There, he impatiently waited that short 
moment it took for Rei to make it down the steps and to his car.

	"Kyodai, there's no need to hurry. It's alright if we're late. 
Makoto won't take it personally," said Rei, trying to calm her brother 
down as she had more casually gotten herself into the car.

	No sooner than Rei had closed the door did Kyodai gun the engine 
and sped off into the Tokyo streets. As he drove, Rei was giving him 
the directions to Makoto's apartment. Shee had decided it'd be better 
to let Kyodai try to speed down there. She had remembered from before 
Kyodai's 4 years away from the Hikawa Jinja that he had always hated 
being late, whether to school, meetings, appointments, or even to 
movies. Even a meeting with his sister's friends, a meeting Rei had 
felt he was a little apprehensive about, was something Kyodai didn't 
want to be late to. 



	It wasn't long before they make it to the high-rise apartment 
building where Makoto lived. "Well, we're late," said Kyodai, after 
giving up all hope of ever making it there on time as Rei had planned.

	"Makoto'll forgive me for being late, especially because I was the 
one who arranged it," said Rei, "But Usagi's going to be the one who'll 
give me hell for it, unless she still isn't there yet."

	"What do you mean by that?" Kyodai asked, curious.

	"You really don't want to know how often she's late to meetings, 
study groups, and classes," Rei explained.

	"Oh... I see," Kyodai replied, knowing exactly what his sister 
meant. The elevator door opened in front of them and the two siblings 
walked down the hall. Once making it to Makoto's apartment, Rei knocked 
on the door.

	"Come in," Makoto's voice sounded through the door. Almost on 
impulse, Rei opened the door and welcomed her brother and herself 
inside. There, Kyodai sees 2 girls on the couch, one with blonde hair 
tied up in a pair of mini-buns resembling dumplings, and the other 
also a blonde with her hair pulled back high in a ponytail and held in 
place by a large red bow. Both were talking amongst themselves as they 
were almost oblivious to the strange man Rei had brought into the 
apartment.

	Near the blonde duo, Kyodai noticed a taller girl with brunette 
hair pulled back into a high ponytail. Judging by her wearing an apron 
and dusting the coffee table, this must've been Makoto, the girl who 
lived there. His sixth sense had helped him out in making that 
assumption as well. And over at the kitchen table, a blue-haired girl 
caught Kyodai's eye. She couldn't quite make out her features since the 
physics book she was reading covered most of her face. Yet, he still 
noted her short blue hair. Just by the action alone, Kyodai could tell 
she was the genius of the group of girls, and probably the most serious 
as well.

	Just a moment after the siblings were inside, and after Kyodai had 
taken note of each of the four girls, Makoto turned to Rei, giving her 
a rather disappointed look.  "Jeez Rei, it's 11:25. You're worse than 
Usagi," said Makoto.

	"Yeah, you can't jump me for being late," Usagi added.

	"Oh, get over yourself, Odango," Rei said sharply as both girls 
stuck their tongues out at each other. Kyodai merely shook his head at 
this rather immature act. 'She'll forgive us, she said,' He thought to 
himself sarcastically. What was his sister thinking? He had been 
brought to a house with a bunch of immature junior high girls who 
weren't even old enough to drive. But he kept his faith, having an idea 
that these girls weren't always this immature. He walked up to his 
sister and nudged her shoulder, reminding her why they were there in 
the first place. Maybe then he would prove his good karma to be true.

	"Oh, Usagi, Mako-chan, Minako-chan, Ami-chan, this is my big 
brother Hino Kyodai," she introduced as her brother waved 'hi'.

	"Wow, Rei-chan. You never told me you had a brother," said Usagi.

	"That's because he moved out long before I met you all," Rei 
explained.

	"Whoa, he's cute," said Minako as she immediately jumped up. She 
casually walked up to him and shook his hand with both of hers, 
"Pleasure to meet you."

	Makoto quickly finished dusting the coffee table and she looks up 
at Rei and Kyodai, seeing the family resemblance, as well as how 
handsome he actually looked. "He looks like..."

	"...your old boyfriend," Usagi and Rei finish, with sweatdrops 
hanging from their heads. 'How impolite,' Rei thought to herself, 
referring to both Minako and Makoto, and maybe Usagi as well. But then 
again, Usagi didn't know she had a brother. So Rei reluctantly excused 
it.

	Ami was the last to look up at Kyodai. Remembering her manners, 
she laid down her physics book and stood from her chair. She then 
walked up to Kyodai and bowed respectfully before him. "Pleasure to 
meet you, Hino-san," said Ami before turning back around and walking 
back to her book, taking no time at all to get back to reading it. 

	"I'm sorry. You'll have to excuse Ami," said Rei to Kyodai, "She's 
got a big test on Monday."

	"That's alright," said Kyodai before turning to the blonde with 
the odangos, "So you're the Usagi whom Mamoru's always teasing."

	"You know him?" said Usagi with her eyes wide open.

	"Of course I know him. He's my best friend," Kyodai almost proudly 
replied.

	"You mean you're best friends with that BULLY?!" Usagi replied, 
almost throwing away her manners. She knew she was in for a double dose 
of teasing, from both Mamoru and Rei's older brother.

	"Relax Usagi, he doesn't tease girls," said Rei, then turning to 
Kyodai with a but of a joking smirk, "Do 'ya?" Her response to that 
joke was merely a gentle punch in the arm.

	"So, Kyodai-san, am I right," said Usagi, trying to get his name 
right, and get her manners back, "Where'd you go to school?"

	"I graduated from the Juuban High School," Kyodai replied, "But 
before I moved away from Rei, I went to junior high at the Juuban 
Junior High."

	"Really, that's where I go," said Usagi ecstatically, again losing 
her manners. Her excitement, and apprehension over meeting Rei's 
brother, a brother she didn't even know Rei had, had completely taken 
over her.

	"Same here," said Makoto.

	"And I as well," said Ami, trying hard to study Physics and pay 
attention to the conversation at the same time, trying not to give a 
bad impression.

	"I was on the soccer team both there and in high school," Kyodai 
went on explaining, "You should look in the yearbooks from then. You'll 
find some pictures of me there."

	"So where do you go now?" Usagi asked.

	"I go to the Azabu Institute of Technology with Mamoru. I'm on 
their soccer team too," he replied.

	"He's good," said Rei, "You should come to the temple and see all 
the trophies he's won." Feeling more welcomed, and a little less 
apprehensive than before, Kyodai pulled up a chair from the kitchen 
table as Rei takes her seat on the couch across from Usagi.

	"Exactly how good are you?" Makoto asked, sitting next to Rei and 
looking the rather striking young man in the eyes. 

	"The Juuban High School soccer team won the championships my last 
two years there. Rei and I have the rings to prove it," Kyodai answered 
as both he and Rei he showed Makoto his rings. "I'm also the only 
freshman on Azabu's starting team."

	"Cool," Makoto commented with a little spark in her eyes. 

	Long after having sat down from her introduction, Minako looked at 
the fine-looking Kyodai, also with a twinkling in her eyes. "He's so 
cute," Minako whispered to Usagi, which only got the rolling of the
eyes in response.

	"So," said Rei, getting back into the conversation, "What are you 
ladies doing tonight?"

	"There's a number of new movies out tonight. I'd gotten this one 
guy at school to go with me," said Usagi, not paying attention to 
Minako's dreaminess.

	"An old friend of mine is here for the weekend and wants to do 
something with me tonight," said Makoto, "I'll go with you."

	Minako looked back at Kyodai and realized that she no boyfriend 
to take to the movies, and was kind of hoping this good-looking guy 
would take her. So, thinking on impulse, she jumped up from the couch 
and hopped onto Kyodai's lap in a noticeably flirting manner. 

	"Whoa, hello," he said in shock of her rather sudden action. Sure 
he's had girls openly flirt with him, even throw themselves on him 
before, but Minako's way of doing so made him a little more anxious, 
even a little bit nervous as to what to do. But he couldn't help but to 
find her very attractive for a younger girl, considering that half of what 
few girls he did date in high school were no less then 2 years younger 
than he was. Her light blonde hair, her fair complexion, and her baby 
blue eyes were like that of a Hollywood movie star's. He couldn't help 
but to feel maybe a little bit attraction towards this pretty girl, 
though he was reluctant to admit it. 

	Minako looked into his eyes with a little sparkle, as she lightly 
wrapped her arms around his neck, "Oh, please take me with you tonight."

	Kyodai couldn't help but not to resist an offer from a pretty face 
such as hers. Yet he was still a little nervous about this girl 
literally throwing herself on him. Dating girls was something Kyodai 
was always reluctant to do, spending most of his time either in his 
studies or on the soccer field. That and commitment made him uneasy, 
and slow to take a girl out on a date.

	"C'mon Kyodai, take Minako with you. It'll make her feel better," 
said Rei, cheering her brother on, "The rest of us are going."

	"Um... I'm not," said Ami after looking up from her book, "I'm 
busy tonight."

	"Please?" Minako begged, caressing his cheek.

	"Um... okay," said Kyodai, still with a little anxiety.

	"Oh, thank you," said Minako ecstatically as she hugged Kyodai.

	"Great," said Rei, "What time?"

	It didn't take long before Usagi thought of a good time to go out, 
"8 o'clock sounds fine. Meet here?" 

	Makoto walked out of the kitchen with her apron off, seeing Minako 
on Kyodai's lap with her arms around him. 

	"Hino-san, I think she likes you," she said, glaring at Minako. 
But Minako only glared back, holding Kyodai protectively. 'Mine, not 
yours,' she thought to herself.

	"Minako-chan, does he really want you on his lap?" said Ami, still 
looking up from her book.

	"Of course he does," Minako responded, giving him another tight 
squeeze. Kyodai thought of how he was feeling, his uneasiness and his 
possible attraction toward Minako, wondering if he really did want her 
on his lap. 'Sure,' he thought to himself, admitting to himself that he 
was starting to enjoy the open attention he was getting from her. He 
once again noted the cute red bow in her hair, 'That thing really does 
add to her beauty. And she seems friendly enough. Maybe I'll go ahead 
and take her out, just once. It wouldn't hurt anything. I just hope 
Grandpa doesn't tease me about her.' After all, what guy doesn't like 
that kind of attention from a girl?

	'I hope grandpa doesn't ask her out if Kyodai ever decides to 
bring her over,' Rei thought to herself, remembering when every time 
the girls came to the temple for visits or senshi meetings.

	Suddenly, a beeping sound came from Usagi's vicinity, breaking up 
the whole conversation, and the attention Kyodai was getting from this 
openly flirtatious and beautiful young lady. "Usagi-san, do you have a 
pager?" he asked.

	"Excuse me for a moment," said Usagi as she got up and walked 
towards Makoto's bedroom, knowing what that sound was and what it was 
for. Once hidden from the oblivious Kyodai, she pulled out her 
communicator, "Yes Luna?"

	"Usagi-chan, we've got a problem downtown," said Luna, "There's a 
minion of the Dark Kingdom dressed like a rather large man leading a 
few youma in an attack on the innocent people, stealing their life 
energy."

	"What do you know of this man?" Usagi asked.

	"Well, I know who he is if that'll help any," Luna replied, "His 
name is Thrul. He's a high-ranking soldier, one of Jadeite's old troops. 
But be quick, the people need yours and the other senshi's help."

	"We're on our way Luna," said Usagi as she put up her communicator. 
She then walked back into the living room. "Guys, there's..." she 
paused, realizing she would've revealed their identities with Kyodai 
there, "...an errand we need to run."

	Ami already had her book closed and was at the door, as she had 
known what that beeping was for. However, Minako tried to spend a few 
more moments with Kyodai while Usagi was talking to Luna. But then, she 
released Kyodai and let herself off of him, joining Ami at the door. 
	"Kyodai-chan," said Rei, trying to come up with a lie. 

	"No, that's alright," Kyodai reassured, reading Rei's face and 
sensing her apology, "I might as well run an errand too. Are we still 
on for tonight?"

	"Sure thing," Usagi answered, "We'll be back in an hour or so."

	"Excellent, I'll be around if I make it here before you," said 
Kyodai as he and his sister were the first out the door.



	The rest of the girls followed behind, keeping their distance in 
order to keep Kyodai oblivious to their intentions. What had made it 
easier for them was the fact that Rei was the only one who accompanied 
Kyodai to the elevator. This had given ample time for the girls to 
transform. However, without Rei in the group, they would be at a 
disadvantage in battle. So they awaited at Makoto's front door as Rei 
walked her brother out to his car.

	"Hey Rei-chan?" said Kyodai as he and Rei exited the elevator, 
"Why aren't the others with you?"

	"Oh... they're probably just running behind," Rei replied, again 
improvising, "You know how us girls are." Almost no time at all had 
passed before they had made it to Kyodai's old coupe. Casually, Kyodai 
opened the door and climbed in, still oblivious to his sister's little 
secret.

	"I'll see you later, Imuto," said Kyodai through his open window as 
he started the engine of his car.

	"You too, Onii-san," Rei replied, giving Kyodai a wink before he 
drove off into the urban jungle. With him gone, Rei quickly dashed back 
inside the apartment building and into the elevator, almost running a 
man down in the process. Once inside, and alone, she drew both her 
communicator and her henshin pen. "Everyone, transform," she ordered.

	"No problem Ms. 'I wanna be leader'," Usagi replied sarcastically.

	Rei merely hung her head as she closed her communicator. "Damn, 
she really can piss me off sometimes," she exclaimed under her breath. 
She then thrust her hand and henshin pen into the air, "Mars Power, 
Make-up!"

	Back at Makoto's apartment, the others checked the halls for 
possible peeping toms before raising their own henshin pens.
 
	"Mercury Power, Make-up!"

	"Jupiter Power, Make-up!

	"Venus Power, Make-up! 

	"Moon Prism Power, Make-up!"

	Once transformed, the senshi made a break for the elevator, 
joining Sailor Mars inside. As if Kyodai wasn't enough of a delay for 
them, the slow elevator ride sure didn't help their urgency any. 

	"God, I hope we're not too late," said Sailor Mercury.

	"Yeah, you sure took your time walking your brother out," Sailor 
Moon scolded.

	"Hey, it's not my fault the Dark Kingdom decided to attack right 
as I introduce my only brother to you," Sailor Mars bickered back, 
right as the elevator door began to open. There really was no time for 
bickering as all five senshi burst out of the elevator and out of the 
apartment. From their, they made their way downtown.

	Minutes later, they arrive at their destination. There, they find 
only an octopus-like youma with a woman entangled in its tentacles, 
draining her of all consciousness. 

	"Move" Sailor Mars ordered, quick to act as she aimed her pointer 
fingers at the tentacled mollusk. "Fire Soul!" she yelled as she 
launched a ball of fire at the youma, striking its body with deadly 
accuracy and utterly wounding it. 

	Right as Sailor Mars had gotten her shot off, Sailor Venus moved 
in to attack, to finish this mutated sea creature off. 

	Unfortunately, in pain, the octopus youma swung a couple free 
tentacles at the first thing he saw, Sailor Venus, and grabbed onto her. 
With amazing strength, the youma had her wrapped up in its appendages 
and had begun squeezing her like a vise. 

	Seeing her friend in danger, Sailor Jupiter was the next to step 
up as she dashed over to the youma. While the youma was busy 
concentrating on inflicting pain upon Sailor Venus before it was to 
drain her energy, Sailor Jupiter grabbed onto one of its tentacles and 
gave it a really good squeeze, nearly digging her fingers into it. The 
pain she was inflicting worked, as it was enough to cause the youma to 
let go of his prey.

	With her friend free, Sailor Jupiter jumped back, putting some 
distance between her and the youma as she charged up for her next 
attack. "Supreme Thunder!" she yelled as she swung her arms outward, 
launching deadly forks of lightning at the youma. They struck their 
target at light speed, electrocuting the youma and vaporizing it 
moments later.

	"There," said Sailor Jupiter, satisfied with the results as she 
lowered her guard. She then turned to the other three senshi behind her. 
"How many more?" Sailor Jupiter asked, just as something had caught her 
eye, "Rei, LOOK OUT!"

	Sailor Mars quickly turned around, only to see the huge shadow of 
another youma. However, her response was all but too late as the 
monstrosity had overtaken her, quickly wrestling her to the ground and 
leaving her defenseless.

	After jumping out of its way, avoiding a similar fate herself, 
Sailor Moon acted on impulse and quickly removed her tiara, with her 
intent made perfectly clear. 

	"Moon Tiara Action!" she yelled, letting her tiara fly, hurling 
strait towards the unsuspecting youma and striking it dead in the face. 
With that kind of force, the tiara had knocked the youma off of Sailor 
Mars and sent it on a ride down the avenue and out of sight.

	Relieved, Sailor Mars sat up and turned to Sailor Moon, "Thank 
you, Usagi."

	"Anytime," Sailor Moon responded after catching her boomerang 
tiara, giving her friend a quick wink.

	Meanwhile, Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury were busy fighting yet 
another youma, a more oversized, buffed man-like youma. With a two to
one advantage, the duo seemed to have the upper hand on this mutant 
humanoid. 

	"Shabon Spray!" Sailor Mercury chanted, throwing her arms toward 
the youma and sending a volley of bubbles flying at it.

	"Crescent Beam!" Sailor Venus yelled, aiming her pointer finger at 
the youma and firing a bright beam of light at it. The combined attack 
struck the barn-sized target, prompting it to fly back into a building 
and then to the ground. However, the youma recovered quickly, 
displaying amazing stamina as he bum rushed Sailor Venus.

	In response, Sailor Venus aimed her pointer fingers at the youma, 
as of a gun, and began chanting another attack. But she had barely 
uttered the first syllable before the speedy hulk tackled Sailor Venus. 
Quickly, he wrapped her in his muscle-bound arms and began squeezing 
the life out of her, reminding her of her earlier experience with the 
octopus.

	All of a sudden, a tiara flew in from out of nowhere and struck 
the hulk in the face, causing him to wince in pain and let go of Sailor 
Venus. There, the youma covered his face as it burned in pain before it 
and the rest of his body vaporized. With all 3 youma gone, the rest of 
the Sailor Team gathered.

	"Where's this Thrul soldier that Luna was talking about?" Sailor 
Mercury asked.

	"Follow me," said Sailor Moon as they began their search for the 
Dark Kingdom minion leading these youma. It didn't take long for them 
to find their target, right through a store window. Inside, they saw a 
number of bodies lying unconscious from an energy drain and a soldier 
clad in black armor torturing a store clerk. 

	"That's him," Sailor Venus pointed out as she pointed her finger 
at Thrul through the window, "Crescent Beam!"

	While Thrul was busy torturing the poor store clerk, draining his 
energy in the process, he was completely oblivious to the 5 Sailor 
Senshi standing just outside the window as well as him being on the 
business end of an intensified beam of light. What he had gotten for 
his ignorance was a blast from the side from that crescent beam, 
sending him into a number of wall-mounted shelves, knocking over its 
contents.

	Moments later, he recovered from his short airborne trip through 
the store, shacking the cobwebs out of his head. It was then that he 
discovered the very group who had shot him. "Ah, Sailor Moon," he said, 
his smile completely hidden under his helmet and face cowl.

	"Damn right I'm Sailor Moon!" she replied, "I've had it with you 
and your ruining everyone's days, mine included. In the name of the 
Moon, you'll be punished." She had struck her trademark pose at that 
last sentence, making it well known to the soldier who she was and what 
her intentions were.

	Thrul only crossed his arms and chuckled at her trademark motto, 
"Heh, this'll be cakewalk." At almost an instant, he threw his arms to 
his sides and slammed his hands together, causing the 5 Sailor Senshi 
to jump. He then thrust his hands toward the quintet and launched a 
beam of energy at them, more specifically at Sailor Moon. His quick, on 
impulse action proved to work as the beam struck his target before she 
could even react, sending her flying into a van across the street.

	Meanwhile, the other senshi had leaped out of the way just as the 
beam had struck Sailor Moon. Sailor Jupiter then turned back to Thrul, 
with her burning anger showing itself in her eyes. "Nobody does that to 
my friend you spineless fiend," she exclaimed as a mini-antenna emerged 
from her tiara, with a bolt of lightning striking it and charging her 
powers. "Supreme Thunder!" she yelled as she swung her arms to her 
sides, launching bolts of lightning at Thrul, giving him some frequent 
flyer miles.

	After receiving a little bit of electroshock therapy, Thrul 
recovered from  Sailor Jupiter's fierce attack with merely a few singes 
on his armor. And just as quickly as he had gotten up, he 
counterattacked with his own lightning attack, knocking his electric 
opponent senseless. 

	"Oh my God," Sailor Mercury gasped, with her hand over mouth in 
shock, "His lightning attack was more powerful than hers."

	"How are we going to win against this guy?" Sailor Venus wondered 
from not too far away.

	With Sailor Jupiter out of the ballgame, Thrul turned his 
attention back to Sailor Moon, who was just now recovering from the 
attack she had received. But he had overestimated the success of his 
attack as Sailor Moon managed to throw her tiara at him, knocking him 
back preventing him from finishing her off.

	Again, Thrul recovered rather quickly from such an attack. Sailor 
Moon's tiara was nothing to be reckoned with, but he was taking to it 
with merely a pinch of salt and a few grins on his face. Right as he 
was about to counterattack, he caught Sailors Mars and Mercury from the 
corner of his eye sneaking up on him. 

	"Fire... AAGH!!!" Sailor Mars yelled as Thrul had launched a beam 
of dark energy at her, knocking her back into another vehicle. 

	"Shabon Spray!" Sailor Mercury yelled, sending a volley of bubbles 
at him, striking him in the face and fogging up his vision. This 
allowed Sailor Moon to once again launch her tiara at him, giving him 
some more frequent flyer miles to add to his tab.

	And once again, he recovered from such a powerful attack as hers 
as if he had just tripped and fell. In response, he held his hands high 
in the air, with a large ball of energy forming above his head. With 
his target in sight, Thrul launched the ball of energy at Sailor Moon, 
knocking both her and Sailor Mercury back into the same van Sailor Moon 
was first launched into.

	"Time to end this," said Thrul as he drew a thin-bladed rapier and 
approached Sailor Moon, who was struggling to recover Thrul's onslaught. 
But as he had neared his victim, a rose flew into the ground between 
them, stopping him dead in his tracks. Thrul glanced in the direction 
from which the rose came, spying a man in a black tuxedo and black and 
red satin cape on the second floor balcony of a nearby building.

	"Curse you and your ways of evil, minion of the Dark Kingdom," he 
stated, beginning one of his array of trademark witty speeches, 
"Destroying the peace and tranquility the people share is disgraceful. 
However, taking their life energy for use as your own is something I 
spit upon."

	Thrul merely cocked his head in almost complete stupor, as if he 
were more disgusted at what he was hearing than confused. Something did 
tell him, however, that this stage show freak wanted a fight.

	"Sailor Moon, I'll keep him busy. Let the courage in your heart 
guide you to victory," said Tuxedo Mask, before turning back to Thrul. 
His next action proved Thrul's intuition to be true as he drew his cane 
and jumped down from the balcony, challenging him to a duel.

	"Humph, I have no time for actors like you," Thrul insulted as he 
replaced his rapier. But Tuxedo Mask wasn't going to back down from 
keeping the soldier busy and away from Sailor Moon. He tightened his 
grip on his cane and charged at Thrul. But as Tuxedo Mask raised his 
cane to strike, Thrul quickly turned and fired a powerful bolt of 
energy, as if his finger was a pistol, stopping Tuxedo Mask dead in his 
tracks and stunning him in place. Then with a strong side kick, he sent 
the tuxedoed superhero stumbling back before firing another more 
powerful bolt of energy, giving Tuxedo Mask his own frequent flyer 
miles. 



	Azabu Institute of Technology...

	Meanwhile, Kyodai had driven back down to the university, 
completely oblivious to the battle that was taking place in downtown 
Tokyo. Though it was a weekend, with no classes and most of the 
university's offices closed, he still had to sign out of his on-campus 
residence and cancel the rest of his room-and-board, now that he was 
living with his sister and grandfather. It was great living on the 
campus, being on his own for once. But that environment, where many of 
the students were busy either partying, having girls over, or carrying 
on with their mischievous deeds, was something that Kyodai had taken 
very little interest in.

	He was never much of a party guy, as it usually had gotten in the 
way of either his studies, or had taken up more time than he wanted it 
to. And in some instances, the after-effects of such parties would've 
left him either unable to study or unable to participate in soccer 
practice. And then, he was reluctant to even ask the girls out who were 
frequenting the dormitories, though a few of his teammates, and even 
Obake, had cheered him on and urged him to take a girl out. But as far 
as the mischievous pranks, Kyodai did pull a few of those on rare 
occasions.

	This so-called "college life" Kyodai had heard so much about was 
merely something that either had gotten other students into some kind 
of trouble, or would've made Kyodai participate in things he was a 
little iffy about. It was also something that dragged students away 
from their studies, something they were very quick to get away from, 
which was a major Hino Kyodai taboo. It must've been a taboo he 
inherited from his father.

	So for a little while, Kyodai had decided to leave the dormitories, 
especially since living there wasn't required for the freshmen, and 
live with the very family he had not lived with in over 4 years. That 
in itself meant a great deal to Kyodai. Sure he had the family with his 
aunt and uncle, who took care of him while he was in high school and 
his sister was becoming a miko, but he had missed the love, comfort, 
and especially the real sense of family his grandfather had not only 
given to him, but also to Rei since the day their mother died. He heard 
from both his sister and his grandfather of how much of a family 
everyone was becoming after the shrine workers had moved in. It was a 
golden opportunity to experience a real family for the first time in a 
long time. He missed his grandfather. And most of all, he missed his 
sister Rei.

	So after signing the papers to cancel his room-and-board, Kyodai 
left the housing office and was making his way back to his car. But all 
of a sudden, a strange sense had taken over his mind. It was a strange 
sense to him, yet somewhat familiar, as if someone had telepathically 
cried out for help. It wasn't the apparent call for help that was 
familiar, but rather the sense of evil lurking about that had become 
well known to Kyodai. Now how would an average college student like 
Kyodai be familiar with such things that were evil, and causing him to 
sense a call for help?

	Immediately, he decided to forget about his car and run into an 
alleyway between the university office buildings. Save for a kissing 
couple, much of the area was empty with many of the students 
participating in other weekend activities at or outside the university. 
So after finding a hiding place, Kyodai ducked inside and raised his 
left hand, where he was wearing an obsidian jewel ring, an old family 
relic. In an instant, a fiery essence was released as he transformed 
into a man wearing a maroon tuxedo with a purple-lined satin cape. 
Immediately, he emerged from his hiding place, jumped on top of the 
Housing office roof, and made his way toward downtown Tokyo.



	Downtown Tokyo...

	Sailor Venus was trying desperately to keep Thrul busy while 
Sailor Moon continued to struggle in recovering from her attack. But 
Thrul had gotten the upper hand as he grasped her throat with both 
hands, lifted her off the ground, and began choking the life out of her, 
a feeling that had been plaguing Sailor Venus throughout the entire 
battle. 

	However, this feeling didn't last for very long as Sailor Mars 
blasted him with a ball of fire, freeing the breathless sailor senshi 
from yet another squeeze. And just like before, although a little 
slower this time, he recovered quickly from the attack. With Sailor 
Mars in his sights and vengeance on his mind, he fired his ever so 
common energy beam at her, knocking her back to the ground. With her 
lying on the ground, the other senshi and Tuxedo Mask scattered about, 
and Sailor Moon still struggling to even get to her feet, he drew his 
rapier and walks over to Sailor Mars. But just as he raised his blade 
to finish her off, another ball of fire struck him from behind, 
knocking him down face first, landing almost right at Sailor Mars' 
feet. 

	After slowly making it back to his feet from not only that ball of 
fire, but also all the other attacks he had taken throughout the battle, 
he turned around to find out who it was that had blasted him with fire. 
It certainly wasn't Sailor Mars, and it definitely wasn't any of the 
other senshi since none of them wield fire. But what Thrul did see was 
another tuxedoed superhero, resembling Tuxedo Mask, standing on top of 
a nearby building. However, this man wore a maroon tuxedo rather than a 
black one, and his hair was longer. He barely even had time to react 
before the tuxedoed man made his next move. 

	"Inferno Fire..." he yelled as he leaped down from the building, 
"Dance!" Upon landing, in a split second, he dashed all around Thrul in 
a swift and aggressive display of choreography, setting everything 
around him ablaze. 

	Meanwhile, some of the Sailor Senshi were already beginning to make 
it to their feet, watching as a rather strange-looking man in a maroon 
tuxedo was taking it to the weakened soldier almost effortlessly.

	"Who is he?" Sailor Mercury asked in surprise.

	"I don't know, I've never seen him before," Sailor Venus responded.

	Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon jumped Thrul from behind after they 
had finally recovered. Although weakened a little from the entire 
battle, plus the onslaught from the maroon tuxedoed man, Thrul managed 
to throw them off. He then formed his large ball of energy and blasted 
Sailor Moon, knocking her unconscious again.

	In response, the maroon man waved his arms as if displaying some 
kung fu moves. "Inferno Fire..." he yelled, before throwing them in 
front of him, aiming right at Thrul, "Beam!" With that, he fired an 
intense beam of fire, nailing Thrul in the chest and sending him back 
into another building. 

	"It's over, agent of the Dark Kingdom. Your evil plot has failed. 
As you see, the courage of the Sailor Team proved to be too much for 
you to handle," said Tuxedo Mask, throwing another witty speech. Thrul 
was too weak to battle back, too weak to shut this poet up. With that, 
what senshi had recovered began combining their powers.

	"Shabon Spray!"

	"Fire Soul!"

	"Supreme Thunder!"

	"Crescent Beam!"

	Right as the Sailor Team was combining their powers, the man in 
maroon decided to join in as well to end this battle, "Inferno Fire, 
Beam!"

	With all their powers striking all at once, the Sailor Team 
destroyed Thrul, leaving but a couple of armor plates. With the battle 
over, Tuxedo Mask tended to Sailor Moon, who was then awaking from 
Thrul's brutal attack. But as for the other senshi, it wasn't Sailor 
Moon's condition that they were worried about as they turned to the 
maroon man.

	"Alright, who are you?" Sailor Mars questioned.

	"Yeah, how come we've never seen you before?" Sailor Venus added.
	"I am Tuxedo Inferno, a warrior of fire and protector of all that 
is good," the man in maroon replied.

	"Tuxedo Inferno? Never heard of him," said Sailor Jupiter, 
doubtful and with thoughts of deception immediately entering her mind. 
"Hey Tuxedo Kamen-sama," she summoned. Tuxedo Mask immediately turned 
to her and began approaching the rest of the group, with Sailor Moon 
wide-awake and following. 

	"Who is he?" Sailor Moon asked.

	"He claims to be a warrior of fire fighting for us," Sailor 
Jupiter responded, still glaring at Tuxedo Inferno.

	"I DO know him," said Tuxedo Inferno, looking at the approaching 
Tuxedo Mask and recalling a dream he once had, "I knew him from a long 
time ago, from somewhere else. He and I used to be really good buddies. 
I haven't seen him in a long time, but something in me tells me that's 
him, my old friend from long ago."

	"Do you know him?" Sailor Moon asked Tuxedo Mask, wondering if the 
man in maroon was telling the truth.

	"He looks familiar, I mean he's dressed very much the same as me," 
Tuxedo Mask replied, noticing the details: The maroon hat and tuxedo, 
the inside of his cape purple, his lavender vest and bow tie, his mask. 
All are like his except they're a different color. "But seriously, he 
looks familiar, but I don't remember him. Anyway, I must be leaving. 
I'm so sorry to leave you so soon. Ja ne," he said as he turned and ran 
off into the urban setting and out of sight.

	With Tuxedo Mask gone, Sailor Jupiter and the rest of the Sailor 
Team turned back to Tuxedo Inferno. "Alright, Tuxedo Inferno, you'd 
better not be lying to us," said Sailor Jupiter.

	"Yeah," Sailor Moon agreed, lowering her eyebrows at him, "Because 
we'll be watching you. And if you are lying to us, then there'll surely 
be hell to pay. C'mon everyone, let's go." With that last word, the 
Sailor Team turned and walked away, leaving Tuxedo Inferno to his 
thoughts.

	With the Sailor Team gone, Tuxedo Inferno turned and ran back 
toward the university where he had parked his car. While in an alleyway 
and hidden from prying eyes, he closed his eyes and concentrated on his 
ring, returning his powers to it, thus removing his transformation. 
After making it back to the university, he walked all the way back to 
his car. With thoughts of the battle on his mind, his first battle 
alongside the legendary Sailor Team, he climbed into his car and began 
making his way back to Makoto's apartment as originally planned. This 
battle wasn't going to deviate him from his plans, even if it was to be 
one of those dates he rarely ever went out on. 


----------------------------end of chapter 2---------------------------

...Disclaimer: Sailor Moon and most of the characters ain't mine, but 
to Naoko Takeuchi. And God bless that woman for creating such great 
entertainment for all of us with a lot of free time on our hands to 
enjoy. The English dub belongs to DiC Entertainment and Cloverway, and 
all I thank them for is bringing' it to America, nothin' more. But 
Kyodai Hino/Hino Kyodai, Tuxedo Inferno, Titanius, and Deanna Kokorono/
Kokorono Meijin are MINE (in a growling voice). So, please don't sue me. 
I'm just a lonely man who ain't got anything but his pride. Well, y'all 
enjoy this fanfic and e-mail me.

Have fun Sailor Moon fans,
Viper Inferno