Artemis (AST)

Artemis is Minako's white guardian cat, as well as her advis

## Appearance

Artemis is a white tomcat with short fur and blue eyes. Like Luna, he has a golden crescent moon on his forehead to show his allegiance to the Silver Millennium. He is slightly bigger than his counterpart.

## Personality

Artemis is portrayed as a slightly lazy and lovesick father figure to Minako.

## Information

Artemis is introduced in an animal shelter informing C-chan that she wouldn’t be able to escape. The reason he was there is because he stubbornly refuses to call Minako due to the embarrassment it would cause him. He was shocked when it appeared she appeared to understand him. While he got weird vibes from her he didn’t believe she was a youma though that was mainly because he found her attractive.

Artemis tried to escape and he would have made it if he hadn’t tripped over a turned over bottle. Since then the shelter has been far more careful. Despite this and C-chan’s growing annoyance with him he refused to give up. Artemis watched with some satisfaction when Akane came to rescue C-han happy that his new lady friend had found herself a nice home even if it wasn’t thanks to him. He quickly realized that it was time to swallow his pride and call for assistance. He waited a few more hours before calling fortunately returned to rescue. Unfortunately as he was thanking her for rescuing him from a fate worse then death Minako, Usagi and Luna arrived to retrieve him. Seeing he was safe C-chan was about to return home only for Luna to call her a common alley cat. Walking back she whacked Luna’s head into the ground with her paw before walking off again. Artemis said goodbye to C-chan as Minako picked him up to take him home.

Meeting at Hikawa Jinja shrine Ami went over the finding she had about C-chan which were inconclusive. The cause Luna to jealously insult her again and when Usagi started teasing her she angrily accused C-chan of being an agent of some evil organization who suckered Artemis before he shut her up so that Ami could continue.

Both Ami and Rei had gotten disturbing readings from Nerima. This caused Makoto to tell them that she was being transferred to Furinkan High School due to the combination of the rumors about her and the time spent fighting youma making her look like a delinquent. She saw this as a good opportunity to perform reconnaissance and see if the new teacher everyone was talking about was a youma. Ami agreed and decided go that night to get some readings. Artemis quickly jumped at the opportunity to join her which Luna immediately called bull on.

Artemis tried to sneak into Akane’s room only to be spotted by Nodoka who sprayed him with a water hose before he could escape. Disoriented from his fall Artemis staggered to his feet and turned to flee before running into Ryouko and promptly ran off screaming for his life. Minako tried to conceal her mirth from the deeply offended cat as they met up with Ami who was scanning the dojo. Getting constant low reading on the same frequency as those spikes they had discussed that morning. She felt it would be best to plant a monitor on the school grounds. Artemis wanting to go home happily agreed.

Artemis decided to join Makoto on her reconnaissance of the Tendo Dojo. While he was hoping to see C-chan again he backed out upon seeing Ryouko. Makoto agreed and decided to go in under the pretense that she wanted to join the school. Using that as a distraction he crept up to Akane’s room where he was promptly attacked and pinned to the ground by C-chan. though she let him up upon realizing it was him.

Using a Ouija board C-chan informed him that she had regained her memory, asked him about Jusenkyo and if he could teach her how to talk. Given the chance to spend more time with her Artemis jumped at the chance. They agreed to meet the next day. Artemis could only be fed by and talk to Makoto late as night as due to Kasumi’s fear of cats she had to sneak him in after Kaneda went to sleep. He had been feeling down lately while Luna may have a nagging personality and a teasing sense of humor C-chan is about as serious as they come. It was clear she wasn’t interested and all he could get out of her was 'it's a long story,' or 'it's not important.' Makoto tried to cheer him up by encouraging him not to give up, but Artemis ended up turning that back on her by asking her about her relationship with Kasumi. Much to his shock she told him that Kaneda was much better looking then her old sempai. Not wanting another lecture from Luna they got back on topic.

Artemis was naturally shocked to learn about Kasumi’s curse, but tried to cheer Makoto up stating it wasn’t that bad. She in turn changed the subject to his relationship with C-chan. He met up with C-chan for their lessons, but she was on her way somewhere. He offered to go with her but she brushed him off. Suspicious he followed her anyway only for her to spot him and leave him stranded on a string.

When Usagi and Minako were transferred to Kasumi’s Class Artemis and Luna had to come along for the ride. When the senshi were invited to the beach location of the San Cheng Huang they were kept discretely away from Kasumi. Artemis caught hell from Luna at every available moment. When C-chan appeared with Akane, things became that much worse for poor Artemis, as the two female cats immediately noticed each other. Tired of Luna’s yelling Artemis decided to go and talk with C-chan.

Much to Luna’s shock and Artemis’ excitement C-chan interrupted a Senshi meeting to reveal that she had been transformed into a luna cat. Mousse introduced himself a Selene and unable to truly reveal the full nature of his situation,  gave Frost cover story that he was her familiar.

The Inner’s started to discuss the ramifications of Frost turning Selene into a luna cat, remembering that she was there going into specifics. By this point Luna had gotten over her shock and reminded them about jusenkyo. Ami scanned her again and got the same reading she received from Herb. Incensed at the thought that Frost might have trapped Selene Usagi decided to confront her. Minako went with her just in case. Selene excused herself shortly afterwards.

Luna asked Artemis if he was turned off by the fact she might be human, but he had already come to terms with that, even asking Ami if the similar patterns met that he and Luna had curses. When Usagi was kidnapped Artemis and Luna saw the Senshi and Tuxedo Mask off as they teleported to Hotel La Bac and could only wait nervously for their return. That waiting came to an abrupt end when they returned minus Uranus. Luna rushed over to ask them what happened only to pause in shock upon seeing Seiya.

Mamoru de-transformed and rushed off with Usagi to find a doctor. Jupiter was about to follow him but was stopped by Venus as it would be easier for him to explain things if they stayed behind. By this point Luna had grown tired of being ignored and demanded they explain what was going on, something Seiya herself agreed with.

Usagi lured the others to the park only to reveal herself to be Quaoar.  Luna and Artimis stayed hidden only coming out when it became clear that she knew they were there. Though they didn’t like it they agreed to go with her. Now that it appeared that Cosmos was reawakening they were invited, at Quaoar's request, to speak on behalf of Usagi. However, the final decision remained that of the Ascended. They ultimately agreed to allow let Usagi live.

Makoto eventually brought it to the inners attention Usagi no longer being certain of her future. Artemis remained quiet as he pondered the whole idea of Usagi not being with Mamoru, while Rei nearly screamed over the communicator. Makoto pointed out that it wasn’t that she didn’t want to be with him she just didn’t know what she wanted at this point. Minako and Ami were far more understanding, the later theorizing about how much the incident at the La Bac had taken a toll oh her. When the discussion moved to who they were going to reveal their identity to given that they were tired of being sidelined. Artemis suggested Selene.

Ami and Minako choose to head back to their old school taking Artemis with them.