The Adventures of Artemis
by Faerie

Chapter 4
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   "Ahh...Hi.." said Miaka lamely, shivering at the baleful glare that
was being directed at her.

   "Artemis, I think you have a lot of explaining to do." purred Minako
in a deadly tone dripping with honey. Her hand shot out and grabbed 
Artemis by the scruff of his neck. Immediately he yowled and Miaka 
gasped.

   Yui shot up from her seat and slammed her hand onto the table. "Now
you look here, Missy! That cat belongs to my friend here, so get your
bimboish hands off him!!"

   Artemis inwardly cringed as Minako's eyes started to darken in anger
. "Artemis is MY cat, you nitwit! And I'm not a bimbo!"

   Yui sniffed distastefully as she gave Minako a once-over. "You sure
look like one! As for Artemis, I dunno where you heard his name but if
he was really YOUR cat, then he wouldn't be struggling now, would he?"

   "Huh?" Minako's momentarily loosened her grip on Artemis, who took
that chance to wriggle free. "He-ARTEMIS!!!!" Minako yelled as Artemis
scooted into Miaka's protective embrace.

   "Uh..Yui, I think we'd better go.." begged Miaka as she shranked 
further backwards. Yui quickly interposed herself between both Minako
and Miaka.

   "Minako-chan...please..." Unazuki floundered helplessly. She glanced
beseechingly at Usagi, Rei, Makoto and Ami.


   "You girls better go and stop Minako." said Luna. "That's Artemis  
all right, but he doesn't know us anymore."

   "Whaddya mean? Is he angry at Minako?" asked Usagi, her blue eyes
blinking in confusion. Luna sweatdropped.

   "We'll do it." said Rei as both she and Makoto got up. Quickly 
restraining their blond cursing friend, they hastily retreated back to
their booth, both keeping a tight grip on Minako to prevent her from
getting up.

   "HEY! THAT's ARTEMIS! MY CAT!!" protested Minako at the top of 
her lungs.

   "If it's possible, why don't we leave this place?" pleaded Ami,
blushing at the curious stares that were being directed at them. "It's 
getting embarrasing."

   Nodding, they quickly beated a hasty retreat, dragging a still-
protesting Minako away from the cafe.

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   "Of all the nerve!" fumed Yui. "That blond bimbo was so..so RUDE!!"

   "Ummf jouse" muttered Miaka as she struggled to swallow a mouthful
of cake. "mebbe..*swallow* that was her cat..." she continued chomping.

   Silar listened quietly to the conversation as she lounged in Yui's
lap. {Interesting} she purred...


   "OWWW!!" Artemis yowled as he jumped five feet into the air. "Hey!"

   Silar withdrew her sharp claws. "Sorry, I only wanted to wake you."

   "That's an odd wake up call." grumbled Artemis. He rubbed his back 
in an oddlike human fashion. 

   "Have you ever thought...that maybe the human you encountered today
was your previous owner?" asked Silar suddenly.

   "Huh?" Artemis frowned. "Now that you mentioned it...I did have a 
distinct feeling that I knew that girl...but I was afraid of her also."
He shrugged. "She wouldn't have made a good owner anyway...too fierce."

   "Don't judge a book by its cover." adviced Silar primly. Artemis only
snorted in reponse.

   "Yeah, whatever." then something reminded him. "Say...I also met a 
pretty cat today, she had this scar on her forehead too." He pointed to
his yello crescent symbol. "And come to think of it, she's the most 
beautiful cat I have ever seen."

   Silar raised an elegant eyebrow. Then frowned. "The most..what?" she
asked in a stangely level tone.

   "The most beautiful cat, her skin was black as--YEEOUCH!!!!" Artemis
yelped and retreated backwards, rubbing his stinging cheek. "Hey! Why'd
you hit me?!!"

   "Artemis, sometimes..you just don't have much manners." sniffed Silar
as she haughtily strode out of the room. {The most beautiful cat, hmph!}
she sniffed inwardly.

   Artemis stared at her retreating back and silently wondered on the
complexities of the female mind.

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   Luna sneezed. Absently she rubbed her nose and yawned. She was in the
underground computer room, checking out for any weird daimon signs while
the senshi were in school....It was so boring here. Usually Artemis kept 
her company, but now....

   "Hmm..maybe I should go and find out what happened to him..."murmured
Luna. "There's nothing to do here anyway."

   She climbed out of the narrow secret entrace and landed on top of a
heap of carboards, right outside of Motoki's arcade. But she didn't 
notice the dark shape that was lurking in the shadows, silently watching
her.

   It was only after Luna had vanished amongst the crowd, did that 
mysterious shape too followed her.

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Author's Note:
Chapter 4....who is the mysterious shadow following her? A daimon? A
monster? or even a dog??? 
Nope, all wrong...just continue on to Chapter 5!!!

Faerie
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