The Adventures of Artemis
by Faerie

Chapter 3
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    "Bwahaha...hehe..." Silar rolled on the ground in mirth.

    "I don't see anything funny." said Artemis in an injured tone.

    "I'm sorry." apologized Silar. "But the idea of you wearing human
clothes are...haha...funny."

    Artemis snorted and quickly changed the subject. "Um..Silar, how'd
you do it? I mean...telling Miaka my name? I woke up the next day 
hearing her yelling my name."

    Silar swished her tail. " Since we're hitting off quite well...and 
that we're gonna spend quite a few months together..I'll tell you my
little secret."

    Artemis cocked his head and nodded.

    Silar took a deep breath. "I'm a Dreamer."

    "Huh?"

    "A Dreamer is someone who can enter another person's dreams and
talk to them....My kind has long existed since the era of the Egyptian
Pharaohs, that's why they worshipped the Goddess Bast."

    "........." Artemis remained silent.

    "You think I'm joking, right?" Silar narrowed her eyes as a hint of
steel crept into her tone.

    "Uh..no-no..." stammered Artemis. "it's just a bit hard to absorb."
He stared a bit apprehensively at Silar. "Say...did you enter my..dream
before?"

    "Why...whatever made you think so, Artemis?" purred Silar deceptively.

    Whatever Artemis had to say was interrupted by Miaka. 

    "Artemisss....come here." Artemis could only struggle futilely as
Miaka landed a slobbery kiss on his face. "I'm going to the ice-cream
parlour and you're coming along..Silar, you stay back and guard house."

    Silar only shrugged in respond to Artemis' beseeching look.

    {Good luck!} she signaled to him with her tail as he was helplessly
carried out.
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    "Where could Artemis be?" fretted Luna, then she glared at her owner.
"Usagi! Are you listening?!"

    "Huh?" Usagi looked up from the ice cream she was devouring. The 
other senshi sweatdropped at her blank look.
 
    Luna gave up. "Nothing." 

    Usagi continued her frantic hunger feast.

    "One day, you'll grow so fat you'll won't be able to move." said
Rei sarcastically.

    "Mmmff Uff unt fft!" mumbled Usagi.

    Ami rolled her eyes and turned to call Unazuki. Then her eyes widened.
"Good grief! Hey, minna, look over there!"

    They gaped in amazement as a brown hair girl with a white cat, plus
another blond girl with an equally bored look on her face sat at the 
table two rows away from them. it was the cat that caught their attention.

    "It's a white cat..." murmured Makoto.

    "With a crescent symbol..." added in Rei.

    "It's...it's...." stuttered Minako.

    Usagi finally tore her eyes away from her dwindling ice cream. "Hey!
isn't that Artemis?!" 

    "But why is he..with those girls?" demanded Minako. 

    Luna narrowed her eyes and said in a silky voice. "I'll go and ask him."
She padded towards Artemis' table purposely.

    
    "Miaka, are you sure you can finish all that?" inquired Yui as Miaka
began rattling of several orders of ice cream towards a harried Unazuki.

    "Um..miss...I think I agree with you friend." said Unazuki as she 
hurriedly jot down the never ending order.

    "Weelll....that's enough I guess...." finally said Miaka as she cuddled
Artemis. A furry sensation on her left calf made her yelp. Looking down,
she noticed a black cat staring back at her. "Kawaii!!!"

    "Huh?" Yui too noticed Luna. "hey, this cat sure looks alot like 
Artemis......by the way, Miaka, black cats are supposed to be unlucky."

    Unazuki easily carried Luna up. "This is one of my 'regular' patrons.
Luna. She belongs to the blond girl with odangos over there." She pointed
to usagi.

    Yui shrugged, faintly noticing the sharp looks that were being directed
at Miaka...odd.....

    "say.....Miss Miaka....that cat you have on your lap...umm....is he
yours?"

    "Wha-Oh! You mean Artemis? Of course he is." Miaka cuddled him tightly,
Luna raised her eyebrow slightly at Miaka's words.

    "Why do you ask that?" asked Yui.

    "Ah...the girl beside the blond odango also has a cat that looks 
like Miss Miaka's one and the strangest thing is....it's also called 
Artemis." explained Unazuki.

    "Gee...that's nice." said Miaka absently, reaching out another hand 
to stroke Luna's head. it was at that same moment that Artemis raised 
his head and met Luna's stare.

    Luna inwardly blanched. There wasn't a faint sign of recognition in
Artemis' eyes......something was wrong....

    "How interesting...Miaka, are you sure you didn't kidnap some one else's
cat?"

    "YUI!" protested Miaka.

    "I'd like to ask YOU the same question too!" said a new voice.

    "Uhh...Minako.." fumbled Unazuki helplessly.