(Alrlight this story came before Nagi and Hotaru and this was my first
crossover I ever wrote. So here it comes, the first part of In the Shadow
of the Moon. This takes place a good ten years after Galaxia, there is
reference to that.)
Part 1 The Stalking of the Moon Princess
Haruka made a gasp when she woke from her dream, she knew it was only a matter of time before the Senshi were reawakened. She gave a sigh at the dreams, there were so many of them now a days. "The Princess no longer needs us," she told herself, but in the dream she saw a new evil.
The dream she had that night scared her worst of all. She saw four men standing before a crystal cross where she saw the Princess dead. She could discribe them completely, one had glasses and dressed in a white Armani suite, a young boy was dressed in a standard school uniform with dark brown hair and indigo eyes. There was a tall man with green eyes and orange hair smirking at her, as if to dare her to do anything. Then there was the insane one; one-eyed dressed in dark blue licking a knife. "In the shadows we wait," the leader seemed to say.
She pulled the covers over herself and went back to sleep. "Rest up," she whispered. "Big race."
**
Four girls were poring over a magazine in Omi's class, he never saw them more worked up. "I can't believe it, Tenou Haruka coming to this area to race, this weekend!" a girl giggled. "Imagine, he's the cutest boy in the world."
"Not as cute as Omi," a girl with blond hair winked at Omi who just rolled his eyes. "Come on its true. Look at him and then look at sempai!" She held up the picture of Haruka and made him hold still. "See, Omi's got bigger eyes, his hair is darker, and his cheeks are a lot cuter."
"Stop it," he moaned and smiled. "Besides I'm sure Haruka-kun doesn't need that many people gaping at him. I get enough of that at work."
"Come on, Omi-sempai." All the girls pulled on his sleaves. "I'm sure you could miss one day of work to come with us!"
**
After school Omi found himself as usual suckered into working double shifts because of Yohji. "What a day to get a hang over, especially when we're the busiest," he sighed looking around the store to see someone he had never seen before.
"I think I came in at the wrong time," she looked at the address and then looked at the crowd. She was tall with long brown hair done in a ponytail and had deep green eyes. "Excuse me, I came for the interview with Mr. Fujimiya, is this a bad time?"
Aya blinked from a worktable and motioned her to come with him to the back room. "You're here about the position, aren't you? Who recommended you?" he asked flat out as she handed him a resume. He glanced over it and nodded. "I see you worked in Juuban at a flower shop."
"Hai, you do look familiar," the girl blinked and then smiled. "Ran-kun? Wow, I never thought I would see you again. I didn't know you owned this flower shop!"
Great, some friend of Aya's, he thought and moved closer to get a better look at her. "Mako-chan? You got taller. Are you still able to beat me up?"
"That was only once."
He nodded as if it was an after that. "Alright, how soon can you start, as you can see we're short handed today?"
"Now if you want!" She had a bright smile as she and him walked out of the back room and was handed a smock. "Thanks."
"No problem, ever since Mamoe died we haven't been able to fill orders."
"How sad," she whispered.
"Yeah."
Aya never thought he would run into someone from his past, and he never could believe it was the girl who hit him for bullying his sister. He saw Ken and Omi welcoming the new girl to their team and were pleased to have the extra help.
**
A practice run, that was all it was, Haruka thought as looked over her motorcycle, she grabbed a water bottle and took a sip. That was when she saw another motorcycle going over the course she just ran. He's good, she thought and leaned on her bike as it came to a hault next to her. "Do you have a spare bottled water, I kind of lost mine?" he pulled off his helmet to show a brown haired youth with dark brown eyes who looked about the same age as her.
"I think so," she reached into a cooler and pulled out the water. "So you running the race tomorrow."
"No way," the guy chuckled. "I'm not good and I have to work."
"Shame, it seems a lot of people are coming here," she looked around the course. "I've never been to the stadium in Osaka before."
"I just run this for fun," he looked over at her. "I've seen you before in some sporting magazines, isn't your father that big sporting goods tycoon?"
"If you mean, Tenou Genma, yes," Haruka laughed. "And I am his daughter, Haruak."
"Wow.Haruka-san, I never had any idea with the way you ran the race, it was like you could do anything a male could," he smiled. "I'm Hidaka Ken."
"Now I know I am seeing things, we went to school together, didn't we?"
Ken looked her over again, he remembered a tall girl dressed in over alls pushing through a crowd getting him out of a fight. "Yeah, you were the one who could beat the snot out of any school yard bully."
"Don't go saying that." Haruka was laughing. "Its good to see you again, Ken-kun. I have to get going."
**
Setsuna sat looking up at the star from a hug telescope, she would look at the stars for hours. Sometimes she charted things from the stars, the future, the past, but most often the future. She pulled her eyes away from the stars and at a very nervous face. "It has begun again," she whispered and looked over at Hotaru was standing near.
"What has?" Hotaru asked looking up.
"The Prince and Princess are endanger again, this time someone has discovered who we are," she and Hotaru walked out of the building that housed the telescope and out into the streets. "We must find the Outer and Inner Senshi before it is too late."
**
Minako stood dressed in the latest fashion for girls in college, she worked her way through a crowd of confused models. She started to do her run and smiled as always. "Wow, Mina," a girl with bright green eyes and red hair pulled her hair up. "You're a super model. I heard that you got the staring role in the Sailor V live action movie."
"I don't know," Mina smiled modestly as she was handed a magazine clipping. "Local girl get part for new Sailor V. Aino Minako, a local college acting major was chosen out of fifty girls to get the part of Sailor V." She closed the magazine and sighed, this part of in the bag to begin with. "That's great."
She moved over to see her friend, Hino Rei sitting in front of a mirror as a girl was putting blush on her cheeks. "Here, Rei-sama," she handed her the magazine clipping and saw her face.
"Wow, Mina-san, you really got it, I knew you would," Rei smiled encouragingly.
"I know," she sighed. "I just didn't really want the part, I only tried out because Hotaru thought it would be funny."
"I know, ever since we lost our powers to transform, its kind of like we're normal girls."
"Hai."
Everything seemed so prefect, but almost too prefect.
**
Usagi sank into a chair after class, she looked over and saw Mamoru's handwritten letters. "Let's see," she read it out loud. "Usako, I'm going to be a little late, Takatori's dinner is tomorrow, please remember that we have to make a good impression. Don't forget we have Mina's luncheon on Friday. Love you lots, Mamo-chan." She put the card down and looked over at Luna who was sitting on the bed.
Luna looked around her large red eyes were somewhat tired. "I'm not built for a quiet life, Usagi," she complained.
"I know, but I can't transform into Sailor Moon anymore," Usagi sat down. "It seems like all of us got our wish, we're having normal lives."
The black cat only shook her head. "Usagi, this quiet life isn't going to last. Setsuna came over to talk to me this afternoon. Something bad is coming and she had a name for it, Schwarz. I think you should reconsider going to that dinner with Takatori, I don't like that sound of him."
"I can't! He's Mamo-chan's boss." Usagi looked around again and pulled out her books to look over homework. "I have to get this done so I can go out tomorrow anyway. Did Ami-chan call?"
"Yes, called and said she'd be over at six to help," the cat sighed and walked over to her cat bed where Artimes was just lounging like some sort of white fuzzy potato, she took the position and pounced on him.
The white cat jumped out of the bed looking around. "Hey, Luna, that wasn't funny."
"Yes it was," Luna was laughing really hard looking at her friend. "Your tail is puffed out."
**
Chiba Mamoru only made himself look this presentable when Crawford was in the room. Of all the people in the world that he hated Crawford topped the list, he didn't mind when Schuldich or Nagi were in the room, but when it was this person, he just wanted to jump through a window. "Mr. Chiba, I am counting on you to close this deal, you are the most compentant man I know." Takatori smiled at him, there was bit of pride in his voice. "You're more than just my employee, you're one of my closest friends."
"Thank you sir, your confidence in me means a lot," Mamoru bowed as he left the room.
"Chiba is a strong person, Crawford, keep an eye on him. His wife, Usagi is a very pretty thing, though I have only met the creature once," Takatori took a seat.
"I suppose," Crawford sounded indifferent. "You know that Ms. Usagi is expecting."
"How would you know?" Takatori blinked then shrugged. "Oh.yes, your powers, I quite forgot about that. I also made a call to Tenou, he's still not taking my offer for his company. Could you do something about that?"
Crawford nodded leaving the room, he looked over at his team. "So what our orders?" Schuldich asked when he entered the Schwarz's offices.
"Arrange a kidnapping of Tenou's precious daughter, Schuldich."
"Wait one minute," Schuldich stopped short before saying what he usually said when a mission came up. "Tenou? Tenou Haruka, are you insane?" Crawford glared at him. "I hope you realize she's not the type who will go quietly, I can't charm her like I would a normal little school girl, she's a lesbian, she won't go for a guy like me."
"Come up with something."
"Fine."
**
Michiru looked around Haruka's apartment, it had been a year, she hadn't realized how long she had been away. Haruka was sitting on the bed as they hugged. "How have you been, Haruka?"
"Oh.usual, I have a big race and I would like if you would come with me."
"You know I would love to, just like the old days, isn't it Haruka?" Michiru giggled.
"Not true, we don't have our powers. Have you seen all the girls lately?"
"I saw Usagi and Mamoru the other day, they're doing fine. Mamoru is the treasurer for Takatori Reiji," Michiru put her bags on the floor. "Usagi is working her way through school with Mamoru's help. It seems were in for a quiet life."
The doorbell rang and Haruka walked up to the door. "Who is it?"
"Its Ami," a girl was beaming holding up some papers.
"Oh.come on in," she laughed as Ami walked in holding some paper work. "You didn't need to bring all this."
"Well.it is your health report."
"Hai, now I think I remember," Haruka put her hands on the papers. "This is so I can race in Osaka. These new health standards are weird."
"I know, but according the regulations you have to meet these requirements, its lucky you have me working at the health offices," Ami put her hands to the side after setting the papers on a desk. "Hello Michiru, I heard you were back in town, how was France and Germany."
"It was great."
**
Omi pulled his hands out of his pockets when he saw Manx come in with their latest mission. "Men of Weiss, your job is a lot simpler. This is Kenji Masu, he has been responsible for the near deaths of one Chiba Usagi pictured here and her unborn child." A female with long blond hair in pigtails was pictured.
"What a cutie," Yohji whispered under his breath.
"What's so important about it," Omi asked looking at the woman.
"Because Takatori wants to marry her, he's already been trying to arrange the murder of her husband, Chiba Mamoru," Manx shrugged, "Her husband just recently was taken to a safe house this afternoon when he got off of work, sadly we couldn't locate Mrs. Chiba."
"Going after another man's wife is really low," Ken whispered. "Especially if the woman is with child."
"I agree with you," Yohji shook his head. "I'm in, what about you Aya?"
Aya was staring at the picture, this was Mako-chan's friend and of course his sister's best friend since elementary school. "I'm in." He couldn't bare to let anything happen to Usagi, after all, he knew he had a crush on her since he could remember.
**
Usagi looked at Haruka who was laughing at the jokes. "Come on, Koneko, I'll take you the doctors if you're not well."
The girl only seemed worried. "Mamo-chan didn't come home last night."
"Maybe, Takatori had him working," whispered Michiru setting the tea on the table. "After all he was very attached to the idea of making a better life for you."
"Takatori is a dangerous man," Usagi sighed. "I don't like him, I only met him once before I found out I was pregnant."
"He doesn't sound all bad, he gave, Mamoru the job," Haruka sounded skeptical, but realized she didn't trust Takatori either. "Though if you insist that he is no good than I will honor it."
**
Schuldich looked at Haruka walking out of the house, he didn't know what he was going to do about her. So far the oddest thing was he couldn't read her mind, it was as if he was staring into a brick wall. He saw a woman with aqua hair running out after her and was talking quickly. "Just take Usagi- san home, I'm sure if you stayed the night there with her, she'd feel safer, or drop her off at the shrine."
"Interesting," he whispered, Haruka and that girl know Takatori's little love interest, Ms. Chiba. He got into his car and pulled out his cellphone. "Hey, Crawford, I just found something interesting, it seems that Haruka is friends with Chiba's wife."
"Keep an eye on them." Crawford's usual order and he seemed to be considering something on the other end, then shouted off the line. "Nagi, get back on your homework or else!"
Typical little brat, Schuldich thought as he pulled behind a minivan that was owned by Haruka.
**
Omi looked around the strange apartment that now housed, Chiba Mamoru who was talking to Manx frantically. "She has never been on her own like this, please I have to talk to her," he was talking quickly.
"Mr. Chiba, I know you are worried about your wife, Persia will make sure no one hurts her," she was talking to the man telling him to sit down.
"If you would just let me call her friends."
"I'm sorry, but we could be traced," Manx let him sit down at the desk. "Omi, could you make sure that Mr. Chiba stays here while I talk to Persia."
"Hai," Omi nodded and looked at the man.
"You must understand how worried I am about her, Usako really has never been like this, on her own without me or her friends around." He seemed really sincere about this and it bothered the younger man greatly.
"Don't worry, we'll make sure that Mrs. Chiba is safe."
She's been through so much, Metalia, Nephrilia, Galaxia, and more enemies than one could count, he thought. He couldn't help but worry about her. Haruka, of course, he thought and reached for his communications watch, but waited until Omi had his attention elsewhere.
He pulled out the watch and smiled, he turned it on and then started to send a message to Haruka. "Haruka?"
Haruka's face appeared. "What are you doing with Koneko's communicator?"
"It doesn't matter, stay with Usagi, don't let her out of your sight for a minute. Take her to the backup meeting place."
"That's where we're headed," she hung up quickly.
He put the watch back in his pocket and looked at Omi who was returning with something to drink.
**
Aya couldn't believe he was back in Juuban, he saw people that he knew in high school, but they didn't know him. He walked around the streets and found some places that were where he used to live.
He found the old ice cream shop that his sister would drag him to and ask for ice cream when she was little. There was the weird looking Crown Arcade where he worked when he wasn't in school saving for college.
Then he saw the school his sister attended. T*A Girls Academy, he saw a woman walking out with dark black hair and purple eyes. "Ran-kun?" she blinked and ran up to him. "Been along time. Its me Rei, your sister's old friend."
"Rei-chan, it has been a long time. I was hoping to ask you something about Usagi, is it true?"
"Yeah, true, she's been married to Mamo-chan for close to a year."
"Why didn't I get any new?"
"You moved away, Ran-kun," she smiled as they walked up to the shrine where she lived. "Want to come up for tea?"
"No, I have to go, I'll tell you latter."
**
Rei looked at Usagi when she walked into the guest room. "You will have no idea who I saw today. I saw Aya-chan's older brother, Ran-kun, you remember him don't you, he was the guy who had a crush on you?"
"Really," Usagi sat on the bed looking depressed. "Rei-san, I'm scared."
"I know, this is your first time that we're unable to use our powers. This isn't good, but somehow I saw in the fire something interesting."
Part 1 The Stalking of the Moon Princess
Haruka made a gasp when she woke from her dream, she knew it was only a matter of time before the Senshi were reawakened. She gave a sigh at the dreams, there were so many of them now a days. "The Princess no longer needs us," she told herself, but in the dream she saw a new evil.
The dream she had that night scared her worst of all. She saw four men standing before a crystal cross where she saw the Princess dead. She could discribe them completely, one had glasses and dressed in a white Armani suite, a young boy was dressed in a standard school uniform with dark brown hair and indigo eyes. There was a tall man with green eyes and orange hair smirking at her, as if to dare her to do anything. Then there was the insane one; one-eyed dressed in dark blue licking a knife. "In the shadows we wait," the leader seemed to say.
She pulled the covers over herself and went back to sleep. "Rest up," she whispered. "Big race."
**
Four girls were poring over a magazine in Omi's class, he never saw them more worked up. "I can't believe it, Tenou Haruka coming to this area to race, this weekend!" a girl giggled. "Imagine, he's the cutest boy in the world."
"Not as cute as Omi," a girl with blond hair winked at Omi who just rolled his eyes. "Come on its true. Look at him and then look at sempai!" She held up the picture of Haruka and made him hold still. "See, Omi's got bigger eyes, his hair is darker, and his cheeks are a lot cuter."
"Stop it," he moaned and smiled. "Besides I'm sure Haruka-kun doesn't need that many people gaping at him. I get enough of that at work."
"Come on, Omi-sempai." All the girls pulled on his sleaves. "I'm sure you could miss one day of work to come with us!"
**
After school Omi found himself as usual suckered into working double shifts because of Yohji. "What a day to get a hang over, especially when we're the busiest," he sighed looking around the store to see someone he had never seen before.
"I think I came in at the wrong time," she looked at the address and then looked at the crowd. She was tall with long brown hair done in a ponytail and had deep green eyes. "Excuse me, I came for the interview with Mr. Fujimiya, is this a bad time?"
Aya blinked from a worktable and motioned her to come with him to the back room. "You're here about the position, aren't you? Who recommended you?" he asked flat out as she handed him a resume. He glanced over it and nodded. "I see you worked in Juuban at a flower shop."
"Hai, you do look familiar," the girl blinked and then smiled. "Ran-kun? Wow, I never thought I would see you again. I didn't know you owned this flower shop!"
Great, some friend of Aya's, he thought and moved closer to get a better look at her. "Mako-chan? You got taller. Are you still able to beat me up?"
"That was only once."
He nodded as if it was an after that. "Alright, how soon can you start, as you can see we're short handed today?"
"Now if you want!" She had a bright smile as she and him walked out of the back room and was handed a smock. "Thanks."
"No problem, ever since Mamoe died we haven't been able to fill orders."
"How sad," she whispered.
"Yeah."
Aya never thought he would run into someone from his past, and he never could believe it was the girl who hit him for bullying his sister. He saw Ken and Omi welcoming the new girl to their team and were pleased to have the extra help.
**
A practice run, that was all it was, Haruka thought as looked over her motorcycle, she grabbed a water bottle and took a sip. That was when she saw another motorcycle going over the course she just ran. He's good, she thought and leaned on her bike as it came to a hault next to her. "Do you have a spare bottled water, I kind of lost mine?" he pulled off his helmet to show a brown haired youth with dark brown eyes who looked about the same age as her.
"I think so," she reached into a cooler and pulled out the water. "So you running the race tomorrow."
"No way," the guy chuckled. "I'm not good and I have to work."
"Shame, it seems a lot of people are coming here," she looked around the course. "I've never been to the stadium in Osaka before."
"I just run this for fun," he looked over at her. "I've seen you before in some sporting magazines, isn't your father that big sporting goods tycoon?"
"If you mean, Tenou Genma, yes," Haruka laughed. "And I am his daughter, Haruak."
"Wow.Haruka-san, I never had any idea with the way you ran the race, it was like you could do anything a male could," he smiled. "I'm Hidaka Ken."
"Now I know I am seeing things, we went to school together, didn't we?"
Ken looked her over again, he remembered a tall girl dressed in over alls pushing through a crowd getting him out of a fight. "Yeah, you were the one who could beat the snot out of any school yard bully."
"Don't go saying that." Haruka was laughing. "Its good to see you again, Ken-kun. I have to get going."
**
Setsuna sat looking up at the star from a hug telescope, she would look at the stars for hours. Sometimes she charted things from the stars, the future, the past, but most often the future. She pulled her eyes away from the stars and at a very nervous face. "It has begun again," she whispered and looked over at Hotaru was standing near.
"What has?" Hotaru asked looking up.
"The Prince and Princess are endanger again, this time someone has discovered who we are," she and Hotaru walked out of the building that housed the telescope and out into the streets. "We must find the Outer and Inner Senshi before it is too late."
**
Minako stood dressed in the latest fashion for girls in college, she worked her way through a crowd of confused models. She started to do her run and smiled as always. "Wow, Mina," a girl with bright green eyes and red hair pulled her hair up. "You're a super model. I heard that you got the staring role in the Sailor V live action movie."
"I don't know," Mina smiled modestly as she was handed a magazine clipping. "Local girl get part for new Sailor V. Aino Minako, a local college acting major was chosen out of fifty girls to get the part of Sailor V." She closed the magazine and sighed, this part of in the bag to begin with. "That's great."
She moved over to see her friend, Hino Rei sitting in front of a mirror as a girl was putting blush on her cheeks. "Here, Rei-sama," she handed her the magazine clipping and saw her face.
"Wow, Mina-san, you really got it, I knew you would," Rei smiled encouragingly.
"I know," she sighed. "I just didn't really want the part, I only tried out because Hotaru thought it would be funny."
"I know, ever since we lost our powers to transform, its kind of like we're normal girls."
"Hai."
Everything seemed so prefect, but almost too prefect.
**
Usagi sank into a chair after class, she looked over and saw Mamoru's handwritten letters. "Let's see," she read it out loud. "Usako, I'm going to be a little late, Takatori's dinner is tomorrow, please remember that we have to make a good impression. Don't forget we have Mina's luncheon on Friday. Love you lots, Mamo-chan." She put the card down and looked over at Luna who was sitting on the bed.
Luna looked around her large red eyes were somewhat tired. "I'm not built for a quiet life, Usagi," she complained.
"I know, but I can't transform into Sailor Moon anymore," Usagi sat down. "It seems like all of us got our wish, we're having normal lives."
The black cat only shook her head. "Usagi, this quiet life isn't going to last. Setsuna came over to talk to me this afternoon. Something bad is coming and she had a name for it, Schwarz. I think you should reconsider going to that dinner with Takatori, I don't like that sound of him."
"I can't! He's Mamo-chan's boss." Usagi looked around again and pulled out her books to look over homework. "I have to get this done so I can go out tomorrow anyway. Did Ami-chan call?"
"Yes, called and said she'd be over at six to help," the cat sighed and walked over to her cat bed where Artimes was just lounging like some sort of white fuzzy potato, she took the position and pounced on him.
The white cat jumped out of the bed looking around. "Hey, Luna, that wasn't funny."
"Yes it was," Luna was laughing really hard looking at her friend. "Your tail is puffed out."
**
Chiba Mamoru only made himself look this presentable when Crawford was in the room. Of all the people in the world that he hated Crawford topped the list, he didn't mind when Schuldich or Nagi were in the room, but when it was this person, he just wanted to jump through a window. "Mr. Chiba, I am counting on you to close this deal, you are the most compentant man I know." Takatori smiled at him, there was bit of pride in his voice. "You're more than just my employee, you're one of my closest friends."
"Thank you sir, your confidence in me means a lot," Mamoru bowed as he left the room.
"Chiba is a strong person, Crawford, keep an eye on him. His wife, Usagi is a very pretty thing, though I have only met the creature once," Takatori took a seat.
"I suppose," Crawford sounded indifferent. "You know that Ms. Usagi is expecting."
"How would you know?" Takatori blinked then shrugged. "Oh.yes, your powers, I quite forgot about that. I also made a call to Tenou, he's still not taking my offer for his company. Could you do something about that?"
Crawford nodded leaving the room, he looked over at his team. "So what our orders?" Schuldich asked when he entered the Schwarz's offices.
"Arrange a kidnapping of Tenou's precious daughter, Schuldich."
"Wait one minute," Schuldich stopped short before saying what he usually said when a mission came up. "Tenou? Tenou Haruka, are you insane?" Crawford glared at him. "I hope you realize she's not the type who will go quietly, I can't charm her like I would a normal little school girl, she's a lesbian, she won't go for a guy like me."
"Come up with something."
"Fine."
**
Michiru looked around Haruka's apartment, it had been a year, she hadn't realized how long she had been away. Haruka was sitting on the bed as they hugged. "How have you been, Haruka?"
"Oh.usual, I have a big race and I would like if you would come with me."
"You know I would love to, just like the old days, isn't it Haruka?" Michiru giggled.
"Not true, we don't have our powers. Have you seen all the girls lately?"
"I saw Usagi and Mamoru the other day, they're doing fine. Mamoru is the treasurer for Takatori Reiji," Michiru put her bags on the floor. "Usagi is working her way through school with Mamoru's help. It seems were in for a quiet life."
The doorbell rang and Haruka walked up to the door. "Who is it?"
"Its Ami," a girl was beaming holding up some papers.
"Oh.come on in," she laughed as Ami walked in holding some paper work. "You didn't need to bring all this."
"Well.it is your health report."
"Hai, now I think I remember," Haruka put her hands on the papers. "This is so I can race in Osaka. These new health standards are weird."
"I know, but according the regulations you have to meet these requirements, its lucky you have me working at the health offices," Ami put her hands to the side after setting the papers on a desk. "Hello Michiru, I heard you were back in town, how was France and Germany."
"It was great."
**
Omi pulled his hands out of his pockets when he saw Manx come in with their latest mission. "Men of Weiss, your job is a lot simpler. This is Kenji Masu, he has been responsible for the near deaths of one Chiba Usagi pictured here and her unborn child." A female with long blond hair in pigtails was pictured.
"What a cutie," Yohji whispered under his breath.
"What's so important about it," Omi asked looking at the woman.
"Because Takatori wants to marry her, he's already been trying to arrange the murder of her husband, Chiba Mamoru," Manx shrugged, "Her husband just recently was taken to a safe house this afternoon when he got off of work, sadly we couldn't locate Mrs. Chiba."
"Going after another man's wife is really low," Ken whispered. "Especially if the woman is with child."
"I agree with you," Yohji shook his head. "I'm in, what about you Aya?"
Aya was staring at the picture, this was Mako-chan's friend and of course his sister's best friend since elementary school. "I'm in." He couldn't bare to let anything happen to Usagi, after all, he knew he had a crush on her since he could remember.
**
Usagi looked at Haruka who was laughing at the jokes. "Come on, Koneko, I'll take you the doctors if you're not well."
The girl only seemed worried. "Mamo-chan didn't come home last night."
"Maybe, Takatori had him working," whispered Michiru setting the tea on the table. "After all he was very attached to the idea of making a better life for you."
"Takatori is a dangerous man," Usagi sighed. "I don't like him, I only met him once before I found out I was pregnant."
"He doesn't sound all bad, he gave, Mamoru the job," Haruka sounded skeptical, but realized she didn't trust Takatori either. "Though if you insist that he is no good than I will honor it."
**
Schuldich looked at Haruka walking out of the house, he didn't know what he was going to do about her. So far the oddest thing was he couldn't read her mind, it was as if he was staring into a brick wall. He saw a woman with aqua hair running out after her and was talking quickly. "Just take Usagi- san home, I'm sure if you stayed the night there with her, she'd feel safer, or drop her off at the shrine."
"Interesting," he whispered, Haruka and that girl know Takatori's little love interest, Ms. Chiba. He got into his car and pulled out his cellphone. "Hey, Crawford, I just found something interesting, it seems that Haruka is friends with Chiba's wife."
"Keep an eye on them." Crawford's usual order and he seemed to be considering something on the other end, then shouted off the line. "Nagi, get back on your homework or else!"
Typical little brat, Schuldich thought as he pulled behind a minivan that was owned by Haruka.
**
Omi looked around the strange apartment that now housed, Chiba Mamoru who was talking to Manx frantically. "She has never been on her own like this, please I have to talk to her," he was talking quickly.
"Mr. Chiba, I know you are worried about your wife, Persia will make sure no one hurts her," she was talking to the man telling him to sit down.
"If you would just let me call her friends."
"I'm sorry, but we could be traced," Manx let him sit down at the desk. "Omi, could you make sure that Mr. Chiba stays here while I talk to Persia."
"Hai," Omi nodded and looked at the man.
"You must understand how worried I am about her, Usako really has never been like this, on her own without me or her friends around." He seemed really sincere about this and it bothered the younger man greatly.
"Don't worry, we'll make sure that Mrs. Chiba is safe."
She's been through so much, Metalia, Nephrilia, Galaxia, and more enemies than one could count, he thought. He couldn't help but worry about her. Haruka, of course, he thought and reached for his communications watch, but waited until Omi had his attention elsewhere.
He pulled out the watch and smiled, he turned it on and then started to send a message to Haruka. "Haruka?"
Haruka's face appeared. "What are you doing with Koneko's communicator?"
"It doesn't matter, stay with Usagi, don't let her out of your sight for a minute. Take her to the backup meeting place."
"That's where we're headed," she hung up quickly.
He put the watch back in his pocket and looked at Omi who was returning with something to drink.
**
Aya couldn't believe he was back in Juuban, he saw people that he knew in high school, but they didn't know him. He walked around the streets and found some places that were where he used to live.
He found the old ice cream shop that his sister would drag him to and ask for ice cream when she was little. There was the weird looking Crown Arcade where he worked when he wasn't in school saving for college.
Then he saw the school his sister attended. T*A Girls Academy, he saw a woman walking out with dark black hair and purple eyes. "Ran-kun?" she blinked and ran up to him. "Been along time. Its me Rei, your sister's old friend."
"Rei-chan, it has been a long time. I was hoping to ask you something about Usagi, is it true?"
"Yeah, true, she's been married to Mamo-chan for close to a year."
"Why didn't I get any new?"
"You moved away, Ran-kun," she smiled as they walked up to the shrine where she lived. "Want to come up for tea?"
"No, I have to go, I'll tell you latter."
**
Rei looked at Usagi when she walked into the guest room. "You will have no idea who I saw today. I saw Aya-chan's older brother, Ran-kun, you remember him don't you, he was the guy who had a crush on you?"
"Really," Usagi sat on the bed looking depressed. "Rei-san, I'm scared."
"I know, this is your first time that we're unable to use our powers. This isn't good, but somehow I saw in the fire something interesting."