First Senshi: Sailor Venus

Aiko stood on her home world of Venus watching the people pass her by not seeing her, as they were busy with their own lives. Venus was the planet of love and many from other planets would make long trips to buy a potion, get a love reading or have their union blessed by the Venusian Priestess. It was normal for the people of Venus to have more than one partner or even a partner of the same gender. She wondered why her father had left her. Even though most Venusians had more than one partner, there were instances where two people chose to be bonded to each other for their entire lives not straying to another. Her parents had been one of those people who decided to bond to each other for life. That was why Aiko could not understand why her father had left her and her mother. When two Venusians bond for life if one leaves the other, they both are never the same again. Venusian are so in tuned to love that when they form a life bond not only is it legal their mind and souls seem to merge together so they are always connected. Venusians cannot read other people's thoughts but once they have bonded with someone, it seems as if they can read each other's thoughts.

Aiko jumped off the crates she had been sitting on as her hair trailed behind her. Thinking about her father's betrayal and her mother's state of mind made her angry. "That is why I will never bond with anyone," she thought walking along the streets of Venus toward her home. "Nice," Aiko's eyes sparkled as a couple passed her by.

"Aiko," her mother called as she entered their home they shared with Aiko's grandmother.

"Yes mother," she answered.

"Your father will be home soon," her mother called.

Aiko sighed. Her mother said the every night near dinnertime. Aiko went to the window and looked out at Venus' yellow orange sky slowly fading into the orange red sky of night.

"Grandma," Aiko said knocking on the elder woman's door.

"Yes dear," came a raspy reply.

"I am going out for awhile," Aiko, informed her.

"Your mother?" her grandmother asked.

"Waiting for father as usual," Aiko answered. "Are you okay?" she asked quickly opening the door as her grandmother went into a coughing spell. "Here is your water," Aiko quickly poured a glass and gave it to the woman. Aiko's grandmother was a wise woman with a sharp mind but her legs had been week ever since she was a child.


"Thank you child," her grandmother said. "Be safe of your journey."

"What journey Grandma," asked Aiko?

Her grandmother did not answer but gripped Aiko's arm and her happy expression turned stone serious. "Promise me child you will never get bonded. I begged your mother not to but she did not listen."

"Never," Aiko replied. "I will not end up like mother."

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Aiko had become a woman last spring on her seventeenth year and had become the mysterious Venus Bandit. She wrapped herself in an orange silk cloth that showed off her midriff, opened in the back and flowed down to her ankles. Before that, she had rubbed fragrant oil over her skin and then place golden colored strappy sandals on her feet. She left her multi colored hair hang loose and a simple golden necklace with an ornate orange stone. Before leaving the house, Aiko grabbed a sheer yellow piece of cloth to drape over her shoulders.

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"Hey baby," a man whistled as she passed. "Hey girlie," he grabbed her arm, "I was talking to you."

"I heard you," she replied, "but I do have standards."

"Why you," he slapped her to the ground. "You are good for one thing like every other woman on this planet." As he loomed over her Aiko did not know what to do. Suddenly the man let out a grunt and fell to the side.

Standing behind the man was another man unlike anyone she had ever seen on Venus with his white hair blowing in the wind and a crescent moon on his brow. "Are you okay?" The stranger held his hand out to her.

"Yes," she nodded, "thank you."

"I am looking for a woman," he began.

"You men are all the same," Aiko stormed off.

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Reaching the high-end district in town, she went to a house and knocked on the door. After a moment, an elderly man dressed in black answered the door. "How may I help you?"

"Yes," she spoke, "I am here to see Lord Tai."

"Ah yes. He has been expecting you. Please follow me." The man stepped aside to let her in.

"Ciao," a man with spikey orange haired smiled as she entered the room.

"Yes," she answered. "You must be Lord Tai."

"Indeed I am," he smiled. "Would you like some wine before we get down to business?"

"Yes please." Aiko smiled. "He is cute," she thought then scolded herself, "You must not get distracted after he is asleep you must get the jewels from his safe. That is the job you are really getting paid for."

Aiko sipped the wine slowly. The wines on Venus were not like wines on other planets. It was common for someone on Venus to have had their first sip of wine by their fifteenth year. This wine was meant to heighten pleasure not to make her drunk. Not wanting to be drunk or heightened, she poured the liquid in the nearest bush as soon as he had his back to her.

While sitting on the bed he downed his wine. "Shall I get you more wine my Lord?"

"Yes," he smiled and held his glass out for her to take.

After she poured the wine in his glass, she also added a sleeping powder. "Here my Lord," Aiko said handing him his glass.

He took a few drinks of his wine and leaned back. "Dance for me," he ordered.

Aiko looked at Lord Tai in front of her. What she wanted was his jewels but she knew her "dance" would involve losing her dress. Aiko did not say a word but nodded to the man. "Drink the wine," she though swaying her hips as she ran her hands down her body. Seeing he would not drink the majority of his wine Aiko knew she had to lose her cloth but hoped it went no further than that. She loosened the knot of her cloth at the back of her neck causing the cloth to fall to her ankles.

Lord Tai loosened the cloth around his waist as he watched Aiko dance for him and slowly sipped his wine. "Yes," he sighed seeing the naked beauty before him. Still holding his wine, he stood and pulled Aiko close to him with one leg between Aiko's legs. Sitting back on the bed with the glass in one hand and his other hand on the small of her back, he pushed her forward so she now straddled and sat on one leg.

Aiko wanted to squirm in disgust as she felt a bulge in his cloth. "Drink the damn wine," she wanted to growl.

Lord Tai ran his hand over her firm breast and moaned again. He quickly downed the rest of his wine and threw his glass, shattering it against the wall. His lips crashed hard into Aiko's as one hand held her at her back and the other roamed her body. Then the man buried his face in her breast as his rough beard scratched her soft skin. After a moment he sagged against her almost pushing them off the edge of the bed.

"Ugh," Aiko pushed him to the bed. "It took long enough for the power to take effect," she whispered to herself. Still nude she made her way over to where his vault should be in his chambers knowing Lord Tai kept a bigger vault but his most valuable possessions he kept closer to him. Aiko found the vault behind a picture of himself. "Ego much," she breathed. Removing the painting quickly from the wall she worked to get the vault opened. She smiled as she heard the lock open. "Yes."

Lord Tai's vault had many jewels but Aiko was to only acquire the Eros Ruby. According to legend, the Eros Ruby was given to Psyche to show his love but she rejected both him and the ruby as she felt he only saw her as an object.

Quickly sliding her cloth back over her body and strapping her sandals to her feet she walked out of his bedchamber toward the front door. "Lord Tai is sleeping," she told the man who had let her in the house. The men said nothing to her and only acknowledged her with a nod.

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Later that night, Aiko returned to Lord Tai's house to retrieve the ruby she wrapped in her shawl and stashed on his roof on the backside of his house. This time Aiko wore black cloth covering her from head to foot only leaving an opening for her eyes. Upon landing on the roof, Aiko saw a white haired man standing where she had left the ruby.

"Who are you?" demanded Aiko.

The man turned around holding the Eros Ruby. "That is mine," she exclaimed.

"I believe it is not," the man replied.

"It is you from earlier today," Aiko observed stepping closer. "If you wanted the ruby for yourself why did you not let that man have his way with me?"

"If I had wanted this ruby," he held it up to the Moonlight, "getting you to acquire it then taking it from you would be a lot easier for me." The white haired man threw the ruby up in the air, "This ruby is not mine nor do I want it," he explained.

"Then give it back to me," Aiko insisted.

"This does not belong to you either," he replied, then looked straight into her eyes, "Aiko."

"How do you know my name?" she demanded.

"I asked around for the best person to acquire a jewel for me," the man said.

"I believe it is proper to introduce yourself first before addressing someone."

"Forgive me," he bowed deeply. "I am called Artemis." He straightens back up, "If you will follow me to a more," he looked around, "private area. I will tell you of a jewel worth more than this ruby and it belongs to you."

"If it belongs to me then why do I not already own it," Aiko countered.

"This jewel is yours by your birthright," Artemis told her.

"Neither I nor my family is in high standing," Aiko crossed her arms over her chest. "I have no birthright."

"You are the start of a long line of Venusian warriors," Artemis informed her. "I am sure of it," he thought trying to study her even in the dark as she concealed herself in dark cloth.

"Meet me tomorrow at the forbidden ruins before the sun reclaims to sky." Aiko turned away from Artemis and leaped from the roof.

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"Who was that man," Aiko thought as she slipped back into her room. "Frist he saves me then he steals my jewel." Aiko took the black cloth from her body and crawled under her blankets. "If this jewel is worth as much as he seems to claim maybe his will be my last job."

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Aiko sat by the fountain surrounded by a crumbling stone building. Hearing a noise behind her, she quickly jumped to her feet.

"I was starting to think you would not come," Artemis told her as he came from the shadows.

"I am not sure why I should trust you," Aiko answered.

"It is wise to be cautious," Artemis, told her, "but I mean you no harm."

"Why should I believe you?" Aiko was still on the defensive.

"I have already had two chances and now," he opened his arms, "this would be a third." Aiko still stood facing him trying to decide on the truth of his words. "Have you heard of the Crescent of Venus?"

"That is nothing more than a myth," Aiko insisted. "Many have looked for the Crescent of Venus but none have ever returned."

"The jewel exists and by right should belong to you," Artemis told the young girl.  "Have you heard of Queen Serenity?" Aiko nodded. "There are other warriors like her. The Crescent of Venus much be found. Come with me and if we cannot find it I will leave you and not bother you again."

"And," Aiko pushed.

"If I am right," Artemis paused.  "We will talk about that later."

"I am not a whore," Aiko said roughly.

"I never thought as you as such," Artemis gave the girl a gentle smile which he hope would reassure her. "Selene I just know this is her. I can feel it," he thought.

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Aiko followed the white haired man, never letting him get too far ahead of her yet never getting to close to him. They had left the forbidden ruins hours ago and the forest was so dense the sun was almost gone from the sky yet somehow Aiko could still see perfectly.

"Where are you talking me?" Aiko demanded.

Artemis sighed. "I told you Aiko."

"You said you were taking me to the Crescent of Venus." Aiko paused, "Which I shall remind you does not exist but you have not told me WHERE you are taking me."

Artemis stopped, turned and looked at the girl. "I am taking you to the Temple of Light."

"The Temple of Light," Aiko repeated. Artemis nodded. "That is impossible," she threw her hands above her head in exasperation. "Even if it was real, the legend said Venus opened up and swallowed the Temple, its people and the Crescent all sealed it deep within her core."

"There is a reason those ruins are forbidden," Artemis began.

"Yeah because legend says that is the entrance to the Temple of Light," Aiko finished for him.

"All myths and legends are based in truth," he informed her. "Those ruins are in fact an entrance but they are not an entrance to the Temple itself. The ruins are an entrance to the path to the Temple of Light." He took a breath. "The one who tries to enter and is unworthy will parish by the traps set in those stones. To most the forest around the ruins appears normal but to the chosen one the illusion is broken and you can see the path to the Temple."

"Why weren't you killed by one of the traps?"

Artemis shrugged. "The Guardians must have sensed I was your guide."

"My guide, that is another thing I do not understand," Aiko said still unmoving from her spot. "How can you be my guide and how do you know so much about the legend and Venus. You are not born of this planet!"

Artemis said nothing but only smiled at the girl before turning around and walking away again. "We better get going Aiko. This maybe the Forest of Light but even I would not want to be here after the sun fades from the sky."

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Aiko and Artemis spent the night in a clearing in the middle of the Forest of Light in which the Moon illuminated the entirely of the clearing. As Artemis stood watch, still uneasy about still being in the forest now that the sun no longer ruled the sky, he heard howling coming from the woods. Howling sounds, which he was sure no animal or human could make.

First he looked at the sleeping girl and then up at the Moon. "I know I am right Selene. I know Aiko is Venus." He closed his eyes and the crescent on his brown softly glowed. "If I fall please watch over her tonight," he whispered. Artemis did not sleep the entire night but failed to notice a faint glow of orange around Aiko's body as the Moon seem to flicker in response to Artemis' prayer.

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"How much further?" asked Aiko.

"I am not sure," replied Artemis.

"But how can you not know?" Aiko exclaimed. "You are supposed to be my guide I thought."

"Only you will know when we reach the Temple of Light," was all Artemis said being as cryptic as always.

"How will I know? I have never seen the Temple of Light before." Aiko was starting to wonder why she listened to the white haired stranger. "Remember I told you The Temple of Light and the Crescent of Venus are nothing more than a legend."

"Aiko please," Artemis began.

"Ahhh!" Aiko's scream caused Artemis to turn about but did not see the young girl behind him. The only thing he saw was a large hole and was surprised he could see her clearly.

"Aiko," he yelled into the hole.

"Artemis," she replied weakly having the wind knocked out of her. Aiko coughed before continuing, "I think I found The Temple of Light."

"I will be down there as soon as I find away," Artemis informed the Venusian as the ground began to rumble and the ground before him healed itself leaving him no way of reaching Aiko.

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"Great," Aiko sighed as she stood and brushed herself off. "At least nothing is broken." Aiko finally turned in the direction of the light. "Wow! Artemis was right," she breathed. "The Temple of Light does exist. The stone wall appears to be glowing." As Aiko looked at the crumbling structure she knew she could not compared how tall the Temple of Light must have been before. Even now, it was still a massive structure towering above her. "Well since I am on my own I guess I better get started."

Aiko took a step toward the Temple of Light and then stopped. "But how do I get started? What do I do?" she said aloud throwing her hands up in frustration.

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"Aiko! Aiko," Artemis yelled at the ground for a moment before he began digging into the ground with his bare hands. Artemis dug and dug at the dirt until his white cloths were soiled and his hands were bleeding. Falling backwards on the ground, he stared at his cracked and bleeding hands. "I will not give up," he sore aloud. "I will get you out Aiko!" The white haired man looked into the sky in the direction of Earth's Moon. "Please Selene let me find her. I know she is the next warrior."

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The closer Aiko got to the Temple of Light the brighter the light became. "I know the temple was not that far away," she thought, "but it is so bright I can't see anything much less where I am going." She put a hand up to shield her eyes as she tried to open them but that did not help. As soon as she light hit her eyes, she felt as if she was staring into the sun. Before she closed her eyes, again she thought she saw a glowing crescent moon in the center of the Temple of Light. As Aiko inched her way closer through the light, she felt she was pushing against a strong wind. Suddenly she felt something cold and metallic in her hands. Chancing to look at her hands Aiko saw a gold and orange chain belt softly glowing. "Almost there," Aiko thought straining to reach the crescent with one hand as she gripped the belt with the other hand, "Almost…"

Aiko leapt for the crescent of Venus as the light managed to get even brighter. "This must be what the inside of the sun is like," Aiko thought. Upon touching, the Crescent of Venus Aiko felt power surge through her body and the light disappeared leaving the shell structure of what had once been the Temple of Light.

Looking down she saw she was wearing some kind of white cloth around her top and middle with an orange skirt with an orange fabric around her neck. One her chest there was a yellow bow with an orange brooch in the middle. There was also a yellow bow on her back where the orange skirt met the white cloth. One the orange choker was a silver sigil of Venus and on her brow rested a silver tiara with an orange gem in the center. Light fairies appeared and danced around her. When the light fairies disappeared, the belt that had been in her hand was now around her waist.

Closing her eyes and listening to the words forming in her head she raised her hand toward the dirt above her where she had fell in. "Rolling Heart Vibration!" Light flew from her hand in the shape of orange yellow hearts and upon impact shook the dirt above her which came pouring down on her. "Ah!" she screamed as soil and rocks fell upon her. When the dust settled she coughed and brushed herself off. "Great Aiko, that was really smart"

"Aiko!" yelled Artemis. "Are you okay? What happened?"

"I am okay," she yelled. "I will be right there." Aiko paused. "I owe you an apology."

"For what," Artemis asked but got no response.

Aiko un-wrapped the chain from her waist and again closed her eyes as she let the words she was supposed to say form in her mind. "Love Me Chain!" she yelled throwing one end of the chain in a whip like motion above her head at the edge of the hole she had just created.

"Aiko," Artemis breathed as the young girl came close to the top and he smiled when he saw she was dressed liked the other girls.

"Are you going to stare or help me up," she asked reaching the edge of the pit.

"Oh right yes," Artemis quickly replied bending down to help her.

Once she was standing on solid ground again Artemis found himself looking at her again. "Yes you were right," she stated wrapping the chain around her waist. "Happy?"

"Very," Artemis replied but before he could say another word, the ground began to shake again.

"Guess Venus really does not want just anyone knowing where the Temple of Light is," Aiko said looking at solid ground that had once been a pit not once but twice recently.

Artemis quickly dropped to one knee and bowed his head. "I pledge myself and my line to the house of Venus."

"Artemis," Venus tried to interject but the white haired Mauan continued.

"You are the warrior of Venus and in this form you are Sailor Venus," he told her. "You and your line will rule Venus and her people from now on."

"Artemis please get up," Venus asked.

"Please accept my pledge," he said still looking at the ground.

"Artemis," she laughed.

"Please," he asked again.

Venus sighed. "Yes I accept. Now will you get up?"

"Yes." Artemis stood and they both nodded at one another.

"I guess I better go tell grandma I have to go with you," Venus thought. She paused for a moment and looked at herself and then Artemis. "How do I change back?"

Artemis shrugged. "No idea."

"Some guide you are," Venus laughed.

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Aiko stared out the shuttle as it landed on the Moon Kingdom. "You will be fine," Artemis reassured her. "You can't be any more quite than the Warrior of Mars."

Artemis helped Aiko out of the shuttle to find a woman standing before her in a white dress with blonde hair in star buns, streaked with pink and blue. Aiko smiled at the woman as she felt a wave of warmth spread over her.

"I am Queen Serenity of the Moon Kingdom," said the woman.

"Aiko of Venus," replied with new warrior with a quick bow.

Queen Serenity took Aiko's hand. "You must be tired and confused. Let me show you to your room." As they started toward the Moon Palace Serenity stopped and turned to face Aiko. "Place call me Selene."

Aiko was amazed how much bigger the Moon Palace seemed on the inside as it had appeared vast on the outside. "I am sure to get lost in here," Aiko said in awe.

"You will learn your way quickly," Selene replied.

"Easy for you to say having grown up here," Aiko insisted.

"No I grew up in a small village," Selene smiled. "This," waving her hand, "just appeared one day."

"How," Aiko stopped in shock.

Selene shrugged and kept walking. "You will get lost Aiko if you just stand there."

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After many twist and turns and the Moon Queen running into a servant, which Aiko was surprised both girls laughed it off and helped each other up, they arrived at a white door that looked like every other white door in the palace Aiko had seen. The exception was that door she was standing before had a gold sigil of Venus on it.

"Go ahead," Selene smiled. "Open the door to your new room."

Without realizing Aiko held her breath as she opened the door to reveal a room done over in orange and yellow with the walls painted the color of the Venusian sky. "Beautiful!"

"Really," Selene clapped her hands. "If you do not like it you may change anything you like."

"No thank you," Aiko insisted, "But how?"

"I went to Venus once," was the Moon Queen's reply. "Get some rest. Someone will be for you later when it is time for dinner." Not saying another word Selene closed Aiko's door leaving the girl with her thoughts.

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"Aiko," Artemis called. "Queen Serenity and the other warriors would like you to join them for dinner." Not getting a response Artemis poked his head in the room but diverted his eyes to the floor.

"I am clothed in what I arrived in Artemis," Aiko finally spoke dragging herself from the bed.

Artemis stepped into Aiko's room heading toward the wardrobe in the corner. "Luna said the cloths in here should fit you." Artemis opened the wardrobe and pulled out an orange dress. "This would look lovely on you."

Aiko took the cloth from him and went behind the screen to change. "Thank you."

"Thought you didn't trust men," Artemis asked with a smiled in his voice.

"You earned my trust Artemis," Aiko answered.

Artemis looked back at the cloths in the wardrobe. "Do Venusians only like yellow and orange?"

"Like Lunarians like white and silver," replied Aiko stepping from the screen. "Shall we go to dinner?"

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"More white and silver," Aiko thought as they made their way to the dining hall. She was surprised to see many colored clothes before her as they entered.

Artemis leaned over, "Only Serenity, myself and the guards when they are not in amour wear white and silver all the time," he smiled as he pointed to the table where Selene at. Aiko saw Selene was already seated with three others girls and there was a woman with black hair in a purple dress standing beside the table talking to the four girls.

Selene saw Aiko and waved. "Aiko over here," she yelled in a very un-lady like manner garnering a sharp look from the woman beside her. When Aiko approached the table, she saw a girl in green move over a chair so that Aiko could sit on Selene's right across from a girl in red who was sitting beside a girl in blue.

"Selene really," she heard the woman standing beside Selene began but Selene was already speaking.

"Let me do the introductions," Selene insisted smiling turning to the girl in red with shoulder length black hair that had red streaks running through out. "This is Hino, the warrior of Mars." The girl slightly nodded her head but did not say a word. Next Selene motioned to the girl in blue who sat beside Hino with her light blue hair in a braid, "This is Kari, the warrior of Mercury." Kari also smiled Aiko but said nothing. "Lastly," Selene began motioning to the girl in green with brown wavy hair and a pink braid, "Tenaka, the warrior of Jupiter." Tenaka nodded at Aiko in welcome as the others had. Selene then grabbed Aiko's hand, "Everyone this is Aiko from Venus and our newest warrior."

"Welcome," the three girls said in unison as Aiko sat at the table and Aiko noticed that Tenaka's eyes stayed on her seconds longer than the warriors of Mars and Mercury did.

"This," Artemis came up to their table and stood beside the woman in the purple dress, "is Luna. We are the advisors to the crown."

Aiko smiled looking at them as she could see the love between them even though she was not sure how she could or even if they knew yet. Aiko hoped that if they were to bond, neither would ever leave the other.

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After dinner, Aiko followed the others including Artemis and Luna to a strange room. It was normal enough looking on the outside, meaning it had the same plain white door that almost every other room in the palace had. What confused Aiko were the burn marks and the cracks in the walls.

"What happened here?" Aiko wondered aloud.

"This is the training room," replied Tenaka.

"Why do you train inside?" Aiko responded.

"Why not?" countered Hino.

"It has not been a problem before," Kari offered.

"Well except that one time," Hino started.

"That is what repair jobs are for," smiled the Moon Queen and Artemis sighed.

"Selene I really wish you would consider moving to an outside location," Artemis offered.

"Later Artemis later," Selene brushed him off and moved over to Aiko. "Let's see what you can do."

Aiko raised her hand and said the words that changed her into Venus' warrior. After she had changed, she held her hand over her head again as a heart formed in her hand. Cupping her hand and the heart to her chest to cried, "Rolling Heart Vibrations!" as she threw her hand out as an intense light in the form of orange hearts crashed into the wall leaving heart shape indentions.
"Okay besides blinding your enemies," Tenaka mocked her, "What else can you do? Is your belt a weapon or is it just a pretty decoration?" Tenaka had already made up her mind that this warrior's attacks might only be good for blinding their opponents, which they already could do with Mercury's useless bubble attack. "Why are we getting warriors with attacks to blind the enemy? Are we cowards? Why do we need to hide?"

"A good warrior needs to know when to attack and when to hide," Artemis began.

While Tenaka was yelling about useless attacks and Artemis began to go in what she had learned was lecture mode Venus took the belt from her waist. "Love Me Chain!" Venus yelled throwing the chain, which consisted of glowing hearts, in Tenaka's direction. Venus smiled as Tenaka cried out in surprise holding the warrior of Jupiter in place.

"What the," Tenaka began until she realized Venus was walking toward her keeping the chain taunt.

"Useless belt huh," Venus came nose to nose with the brown haired girl.

Venus ignored the blush rising on the other woman's cheeks. "Okay not so useless," Tenaka admitted. "How close do you have to be to an enemy for that to work?" Aiko only smiled as the chain retracted but said nothing.

"Okay," Artemis began, "Tenaka go with Hino continue practicing her aiming. Tenaka, you create the flower petals and Hino, you have to burn as many as can but focus on accuracy not on using one shot to get them all." Artemis turned to Venus and Kari who had already transformed into the warrior of Mercury. "You two will work on something similar. Aiko I want you to use your chain to burst as many of Mercury's bubble as you can but focus on accuracy not destroying all the bubbles at once. Kari I want you to focus on the amount of bubble you conjure and do not fill the whole room like last time when you were training with Tenaka."

"Understood," Mercury replied.

"I knew I was going to hate training," Venus thought as they began.

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Selene along with Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Venus were in the throne room listening to the citizens of the Moon.

"Waah!" Selene yelled as she fell off her throne.

"Who are you?" demanded Venus.

"Wait Venus," Selene yelled to get her attention. "She must be one of us."



**** Started writing in Nov 2009. Didn't start writing on this again until Jul 2010 until Nov 2010; then picked up First Venus again in Feb 2011; finished July 31st 2011.
**** I switched the letters of Aiko around to make Kiao