"Don't tell me you're pregnant! I thought you were a virgin!!" he said nervously. She laughed, "No! It's something else, about...my future." she said and sighed. "Before you came along, I was engaged to Prince Kamui, and then he died. Well, I had to marry someone else, right? So, it had to be a warrior or prince...I have to marry Kou Seiya of the new Kinmoku. Please don't be mad! It's not my choice!" she said hesitantly. "It's ok, I had already known about it, your mother told me!" he said and laughed. Ikkyoku's face turned red, and she decided to go to bed. Ikkyoku woke up the next morning and awoke Frederick, pointing out the other bathroom stairs. While getting ready for school, she felt awkward having her old boyfriend living with her. "I cannot date him until he moves out!" she told herself. After she was ready, in 15 minutes time, she began to make herself toast as Frederick walked down. "Want any toast?" she asked with the reply, "Are you sure you won't burn it, since you had a maid cook for you?" He laughed a bit and she quickly spun around. "Hey! I had cooking classes!" Ikkyoku shouted and stuck her tongue out. "I'm leaving school today after lunch to go buy that house. It's brand new, I just need to pay for it and then move in." he said, smiling. "Good, I don't want anyone to think badly about us!" she sighed in relief. At 7:30 AM the two headed off to school, joking about many things. "Ikkyoku!!" Minako cried. The blonde came racing up to the two, with Makoto running behind her. "Hey Frederick..." Minako said, smiling. "This is Minako, and that is Makoto! ^^" Ikkyoku introduced them. The day slowly progressed, and at lunch time the question popped up, where was Ashanti? "I don't know...it's weird." Ikkyoku said and shrugged. "Oh, I have to tell you guys a secret...promise not to say anything?" Ikkyoku asked. Once the agreed, Ikkyoku told them about Frederick staying in her house for a few days. "Oh! Can I spend the night?!" Minako asked and jumped up. Ikkyoku agreed to let her come. "Cool! I'll go call mama now!" Minako said and raced off. 5 minutes before lunch ended, Minako raced back and quickly ate the remains of her food. When school was finally out, Minako ran home with directions to Ikkyoku's house. She packed a small duffle bag and headed over to her friend's house. She was about 2 blocks away when she heard a loud crash and a thud. "Oh no!" she yelled and threw her duffle bag into a nearby bush. She raced to where she heard the ruckus. Minako gasped as she saw a car turned over, a light post split in half, and people dead all around. Instantly she looked up to see a woman in a tiger suit with a name card. It was hard to read, but Minako saw 'Tigra' engraved on the card. The blonde quickly opened her communicator. "Minna!" she shouted, "There's a youma here! It's destroying cars, light posts, trees, people, etc!" Minako then told the location. Minako looked back to the youma, which was getting ready to attack a young woman. "Alright, it's up to me until the others get here!" she told herself. Minako nodded her head and grabbed her henshin stick. "Venus Crystal Power, Make Up!" Minako yelled, and was soon Super Sailor Venus. "Hey you! Leave that innocent woman alone! In the name of love and beauty, I'll punish you! I'm the guardian of Venus! Surrender now or be punished!" she yelled out in 2 breaths. Tigra stopped what she was doing and faced the senshi of love. "Oh yeah? So, how are you gonna punish me? Curse me with no love? Make me ugly? Why should I surrender to a pest?" Tigra questioned. The girl Tigra was about to attack ran off. "This! Venus Love and Beauty SHOCK!" Super Sailor Venus yelled and sent a huge heart flying towards Tigra. Tigra braced herself, cover her head with her arms in a cross-position. The heart hit her body, sending her backward 10 feet, but she was still standing. Suddenly the huge heart broke. "Nani?!" Super Sailor Venus screamed. This had never happened to her before! Tigra stood fully and shook it off while laughing. Tigra got ready to attack Super Sailor Venus, but she was stopped. "Hey! How dare you try to attack someone who represents love? And how dare you do so much destruction? In the name of space and all it holds, I am Sailor Distant Star!" another blonde yelled. "Oh yeah?!" Tigra retorted. In a slight movement with her paws, claws shot out. Quickly Tigra began to run after Sailor Distant Star, and when she was close enough, she shot her claws out and sent them flying towards Sailor Distant Star. Sailor Distant Star quickly moved out of the way, but her skirt got torn. "Ack! That was too close!" the senshi of Vesuve screeched. "You're right! So, I guess we'll have to help!" Eternal Sailor Moon yelled and the other senshi (which were the 3 inners) introduced themselves. "Enough of all this crap! Saber-Tooth Fang!" Tigra yelled and claws and sharp teeth together raced toward the senshi. They had no time to attack, so they all dodged, except Mercury. She screamed in pain and fell to the ground. "Mercury!" Super Sailor Jupiter yelled and in a sudden flash, she sent electrified leaves at Tigra. "Mrow!" she somewhat yelled, trying to dodge them. But there were too many and her arms and legs were cut up, along with being a little electrocuted. "How dare you hurt innocent people? And then my friend? I won't stand for this!" Super Sailor Jupiter yelled, Eternal Sailor Moon thinking the same thing. "And how are you going to stop me?!" Tigra screeched, her cuts healing. The senshi gasped. "Mono! Come forth!" Tigra smiled. A monkey in a suit fit for a circus came forth. "Have fun with these little senshi while I figure out which is strongest..." Tigra said and the monkey was off. Tigra pushed a small button and a visor stretched over her eyes. She slowly looked at each senshi. Mono had huddled 3 of the inners into a group. "Mars Fire Ignite!" Super Sailor Mars yelled and burned Mono. He screamed and threw a ball at Mars. She stared at it for a moment and it suddenly exploded. When the smoke cleared, Venus and Mars lay bloody on the ground. "No way!" Eternal Sailor Moon gasped. "Jupiter! Oak! Evolution!!!" Super Sailor Jupiter yelled and electrocuted the monkey. "How strange!" Super Sailor Mercury giggled as she sat up and shook her pain off. "That monkey! It's outfit makes it so amusing! AQUA RHAPSODY!!" Super Sailor Mercury shouted. The monkey suddenly disappeared. "Gotcha!" Tigra cheered. Sailor Distant Star was no where to be seen, so only the 5 senshi had their powers calculated. "Goddess of the tiger, grant me swiftness and strength to defeat this obstacle! Send me your power!" Tigra whispered. She looked up at Eternal Sailor Moon, her visor gone now. No one else noticed this except Sailor Distant Star. "Move Sailor Moon!" Sailor Distant Star yelled. Eternal Sailor Moon, confused, turned around to see Tigra racing towards her. Quickly Sailor Distant Star ran to Eternal Sailor Moon and just hardly tackled her in time, which also caused Tigra to trip over Sailor Distant Star's foot. "Thanks! I was almost toast!" Eternal Sailor Moon breathed. Sailor Distant Star stood up and faced Tigra. "Why don't you pick on someone who can handle you?" Sailor Distant Star scorned. "HA! You? Alright then! Let's go for it!" Tigra laughed, "Saber- Tooth Fang!" Sailor Distant Star smirked and front flipped over the,. Tigra tried her attacks a few times, but kept missing. Tigra growled and ran towards Sailor Distant Star, who dodged again. "Make a move you pathetic girl!" she teased. Sailor Distant Star smirked and followed the command. She touched her brooch and a butterfly appeared. Sailor Distant Star soft said "Seiun Batafurai Kissu!" and raced towards Tigra. Before Tigra could move, Sailor Distant Star slapped the butterfly on her chest. It fluttered into Tigra's body. She began screaming and crying, trying to get it out of herself. "You can finish her off!" Sailor Distant Star yelled to Eternal Sailor Moon. "No! No! Don't! Please spare me!" Tigra yelled. Her yell turned into a scream when Eternal Sailor Moon dusted her. "Pure evil..." Super Sailor Jupiter whispered. The butterfly fluttered out of the dust, and landed on each of the senshi's brooches. They were suddenly healed. Sailor Distant Star had disappeared and ran home, while the others fled after de-transforming. Minako grabbed her bag and headed to Ikkyoku's after scheduling a meeting at Rei's for the next day. Ikkyoku stepped out of her front door and walked to the picket fence in her front yard. She slowly opened it and looked around. She saw Minako just a few sidewalk squares away. "Hey! Need some help?" she yelled. Minako nodded and Ikkyoku ran to her aid. Minako plopped the heavy bag into Ikkyoku's arms. "Holy! What do you pack in here?!" she squealed. "Everything...^^" Minako smiled. The two entered the house through the front door. They took off their shoes and Ikkyoku showed Minako the two rooms she could sleep in. Minako chose the one closest to Ikkyoku, seeing as she wasn't by the creepy attic. "I'm making ramen noodles for dinner, I hope you don't mind. Also, have you gotten any homework done?" Ikkyoku asked. "I love ramen noodles! I have a paper due tomorrow, you know...the one on chemical changes and that junk? I have to do examples too!" Minako wailed. Ikkyoku laughed and noted that she hadn't finished her paper yet either. "By the way, where is Frederick?" Minako questioned. "Oh! He's going to look at a house he's going to buy." Ikkyoku remembered. Minako nodded and the two began doing their work. The two stopped every once in a while to discus things. About an hour later they were finished and decided to explore Frederick's room. "Hey! This girl looks like you!" Minako stammered and handed Ikkyoku a picture of her and Frederick. Ikkyoku nodded and handed it back. "Say, do you wanna go to a baseball game tomorrow?" Ikkyoku asked out of the blue. "Sure!" Minako giggle. Meanwhile in Madame VeVe's throne room..."Curses!" she yelled and slammed her fist down. "Hotohori! Get in here NOW!" Madame VeVe yelled through a communicator screen. Suddenly a girl that looked Hotaru, but more evil and taller, walked in. "You are smarter than the others, go and use youmas to defeat the senshi! And once they are gone, find the princess. And once you do, bring her back to me! Do you understand?!" Madame VeVe shouted, with Hotohori nodding in reply. Hotohori already had a plan. It was to set youmas around town in different places. And one of those was the ballpark. Hotohori went to her lab/room and made a few youmas. She laughed while making then, knowing she would defeat the wretched senshi and find the princess. "I'm home!" Frederick called and sat down at the table. The two girls stopped for a moment and quickly put everything back where they had found it. They crept to Minako's room and walked out as if nothing happened. "Oh, hey! It's Minako, right?" Fred asked. Minako stared and nodded her head and had to be dragged to a chair. "Gomen Ikkyoku...^^;" Minako said. "Are you guys hungry yet?" Ikkyoku asked, with them answering 'yes'. Ikkyoku made ramen noodles and the 3 ate quietly. Minako broke the silence first. "So, where are you from Frederick? Surely you MUST know Ikkyoku from before to be living with her!" Minako exclaimed. "Well, I'm from Germany as is Ikkyoku." he said and winked. From then on Minako asked endless questions and at last popped up, "Are you two dating?" The two hesitated, but shook their head. It was finally bed time, and after Minako got ready for bed, the two girls went to tell Fred good night. "You know, there's a custom here, kiss the men in your house good night every night..." Minako giggled as Ikkyoku's face turned red. "Well then, get over here!" he exclaimed, not knowing it was made up. Minako raced over to him and gave him a soft kiss on the lips. "Any time you're feeling lonely, I'm there for you!" Minako piped in. Frederick laughed and the two girls went to bed. "What a story THAT will be tomorrow!" Ikkyoku chuckled. Minako nodded and went off to bed, and Ikkyoku turn her alarm clock on. She bent down next to her bed, eyes closed, and hands clasped, and said, "The last two days have been hectic, please help me through the rest mother! You too, my friend space! I'll always be your friend..." Ikkyoku hopped onto her moonlit bed and turned on a mini fan. "Sweet dreams everyone..." she whispered. While almost everyone in Japan was sleeping, Hotohori began to set up her youmas. And little did the senshi know, their meeting would be canceled and Tokyo would be attacked. "Those pesky senshi...I won't let them defeat me! I'm far too good of a soldier. Beware senshi, for tomorrow is your last day of ever seeing sunshine again!" Hotohori announced.