Ok this chapter was a pain to produce, only because I couldn't figure out in what way to torture the babysitters. So sorry if it seems like this chapter is total crap, the third one should be a bit better.

X_X

At the Shrine-

"Suna… Setsu… Hey! Setsuna! Are you there? Michiru asked her friend and house-mate in concern.

"What's the matter you just spaced out there for a minute?" Setsuna turned to her friend, who was growing more concerned with the lack of response to her inquiries.

"I don't know what happened I just felt a shiver run down my spine, like there was something major going on." Replied Setsuna, Michiru looked her friend in the eyes and asked,

"Do you think it's a premonition of a new enemy?"

"No" was Setsuna's immediate answer, "I don't feel any evil forces, for now I think we can ignore it and focus on the princess and her wedding. No need to worry her or the others." Michiru nodded her consent, trusting her friend to know what she was talking about.

X_X- Meanwhile-

"You know, maybe it would be best if we call the police?" Said Mamoru, he was still in slight pain.

"Are you crazy? If we get the cops involved then it will get out to the girls. And if it gets out to the girls, then you can bet we'll be either sent sixty million years into the past, with our giant scaly friends. Or we will be found dead out at sea. Hell your future wife will probably castrate you for this." Explained Haruka

Mamoru paled at all the unpleasant possibilities. They had been looking for the missing toddler for hours, and still there was no sight of the dark haired child. They were starting to lose hope and Seiya decided he would take that time to complain,

"Well what the heck are we supposed to do then? We don't even know where she is now?" he said as they came to a stop in front of a storefront selling TV's. The other two paused as well, neither had an answer to the question. Haruka and Mamoru stood off to the side as they discussed a course of action that wouldn't get their girls involved. Seiya moved to the storefront to see what was on the TV's that were up front displaying a news story.

X_X- on the TV.

The reporter was covering the activity taking place at the mall, which involved some children's band; the Tiggles, or something like that. As she was reporting, there was a tug on the wire connecting to the microphone. This in turn caused the woman to drop the microphone to the floor. Trying to cover-up her mistake she bent down to retrieve the fallen object while keeping her eyes on the camera, like any good anchorwoman would. This act made her miss the tiny form crawling past her into the mall, and which was the cause of the mishap, but Seiya didn't miss it, he recognized the little girl who had headed into the Juuban district mall.

"Um gu-guys I think I found her." And with those words the wind senshi and earth prince were on him in a flash.

"Where, where is my little hime-chan!" shouted the distressed senshi, while taking a hold of Seiya's front and tugging him within inches of herself.

Seiya, who was in fear for his life pointed at the mall on the other end of the busy street. Haruka took one look in the pointed direction and dashed off her two companion's right behind her. In hindsight that was a very bad idea. Cars zoomed past the trio, their horns blaring in warning to the idiots running across the road. Just as the three thought they were home free, a large truck sped by. Unfortunately for the three they didn't jump back in time. As a result of their lack of focus, their feet paid the ultimate price.

"… AHHHHHHHHH!!!" was the general, if not belated, response to the flattening of their feet.

They were finally, painfully, able to cross the busy street.

"You know I think we should have thought that out a bit better." Mamoru moaned as he sat down on the curb, checking to make sure his foot wasn't permanently damaged.

"Yeah let's never do that again." Seiya squeaked as he limped over to a nearby bench.

"Oi this is no time to be sitting down. We have to get Hotaru back before something happens to her." Haruka growled with her back to them, she seemed to have pushed the agony into the back of her mind. Her male companions were impressed with her prowess to overcome the pain. What they didn't know was that she had tear tracks running down her face, and that she had almost collapsed sobbing upon reaching the other side of the road.

The trio spent a few minutes more checking on their injuries before they headed off into the mall.

X_X- the mall-

The trio walked into the mall, with the hope that they would find the toddler with ease if they split up. This hope was dashed as they saw all the children running around the main mall, a bright and colorful stage was set up for the band that was to play that day.

"Oh… crap now what do we do, there's a whole freaking army of evil babies loose." Seiya groaned, while scanning left and right for their missing toddler. Haruka just took one look at all the children and dropped down into a crouch to hyperventilate. Mamoru took in his friend's distressed form and tried to sooth her the best way he could.

"Don't worry Haruka we'll find her. All we have to do is split up, one person on each level. You could take the bottom level, Seiya should look on the middle level, and I'll take the top level. So pull yourself together and let's go find your daughter." Haruka didn't respond for a few moments, and just as Mamoru was about to give up on her she quickly jumped up a fire in her eyes.

"Your right this is no time for self pity, we have a job to do and we need to do it now!" she exclaimed. The other two nodded and they split up to their designated positions.

X_X-Top floor-

"Like OMG you should soo get that top it would look soo good on you!!!" Mamoru shuddered as he listened to the girls squeal about how good some fluffy pink top looked. He wondered how anyone could think something so hideous could look good on anyone.

He finally passed them by with no luck in his search. Hotaru didn't seem to be on the top floor.

'Where could she be?' he thought, he was about to give up hope, but then he thought he saw a small form crawl under a large gap through a door. Mamoru who was too excited at the prospect of finding the girl ignored the sign hanging above the room.

He ran to the door and tried to open it. It was locked,

"Damn it." He muttered. He got down on his knees and crawled through the space under the door. There he spotted Hotaru who was hiding under a chair. He was so focused on the little girl that he didn't see the other half naked occupant in the fitting room, but she saw him.

"Ahhh… Pervert! Someone please help me! Pervert! Ahhh!!!"

"What… no lady I'm not a per-" Mamoru was interrupted when he purse came crashing down on his head as she continued to yell and scream about perverts.

"No… Ow! I'm… Ow! Not… Oww! A pervert OWW!!!" screamed Mamoru as he tried to explain himself to the panicking woman who was intent on beating his brains out with her overly large overly heavy bag. The bag came crashing down upon his head one more time before he gave up and high-tailed it out of there, completely forgetting about the little girl, the woman still screaming about perverts and peeping toms.

X-X- middle floor-

"Ahhhhhh!!!!!" Seiya screamed, cloths in disarray, as he ran for his life through the crowd of confused onlookers. A gaggle of rabid fan girls close on his tall all shouting for their "Kou-sama"

"Man all I had wanted was some food!" cried the young man in distress…

-_-

"Mm food court… man I'm hungry… I wonder if they have any pizza here?" mumbled Seiya who decided to take a break in his hunt for Hotaru. It had been a long day, and it was only two o'clock. He was waiting in line when he noticed a group of girls looking his way and giggling. He gave his trademark bad boy grin and waved to them. The girls blushed and squealed in joy. He went back to looking at what he was going to order. A few seconds later he felt a tap on his shoulder.

"E-excuse m-me… but are y-you Kou Seiya?" Asked one of the giggling girls he had waved to.

"Why yes I am. How may I be of help to such a pretty girl?" Seiya purred, his voice a husky whisper that had the young woman shivering with pleasure.

"Oh I was just wondering if I could get your autograph?!" asked the teen in excitement.

"Sure thing, anything for a fan." Replied Seiya seductively. The girl blushed and handed over a piece of paper and a pen. Seiya took the items handed to him and proceeded to write,

'From Seiya, with love XOXO.' He then handed the items back to the girl with a wink. She blushed again when their hands brushed together. Then she ran off to join her friends who had watched the entire exchange with great interest.

The young member of the Threelights then went back to waiting in line, paying no more attention to his surroundings. He had finally decided on what he was going to get when he saw a shadow in his peripheral vision that looked suspiciously like little Hotaru.

When he turned his full attention to the spot he thought he saw the young toddler in, he was met with another site instead. In front of him was a crowd of nearly thirty girls all of whom seemed to be looking at him as if he were a piece of meat.

"Ahh there he is it really is Seiya!!!" cried out one girl the others all squealed in agreement, and so the chase was on. Poor Seiya was so unprepared for the girls that those closest to him were able to jump him forming a pile on top of him. Girls started to rip at his cloths, trying to get a piece of the famous pop star. After a while Seiya was able to crawl out of the pile, and he ran for his life, his dignity forgotten as he ran screaming for his life the girls' quick on his heel.

"There's the elevator!" thought the young man. He then noticed that Hotaru was inside of it waving at him. He was almost there when he noticed that the elevator doors were closing.

'.NO! NOOOO!!!" he shriek as he made a mad dash to the closing doors, but it was too late the doors had closed in his face taking with it the little toddler and his escape.

He heard the girls clamoring behind him getting closer with each second. The next thing he knew was the bliss of unconsciousness as the girls jumped him like a wild pride of lionesses catching their meal.

X_X- Bottom floor-

"Hello there to all the little boys and girls out there are you ready for The Giggles!!!" announced a voice over the speakers located throughout bottom level of the mall.

"YES!!" yelled the many little children who had come to see their favorite band. Haruka cringed at all the high pitched voices around her all screaming for the band.

"Damn it. Trying to find Hotaru in this crowd is like looking for a needle in a haystack." She grouched.

After cursing her luck for several minutes Haruka decided it was time to get back to business and find her daughter. By this time the band had come out and the children were all on their feet all cheering and dancing to the silly songs the band were playing. After a long search through the crowd, Haruka was about to scream in frustration. Her daughter was nowhere in sight, and the stupid band was starting to give her a headache. She turned to leave, but stopped as she heard the voice of her child.

"And what do we have here?" said one of the band members, he had a thick British accent, as he spotted a child on their stage, "Well lookie here guys we have us a fan on stage. Ello there sweet pea what is your name?"

"Hotaru!" giggled the child as the man in purple picked her up.

"Well Hotaru, would you like to help us sing our next song to all these boys and girls?"

"YES!" screamed the happy little girl, and so it was that the next song started up, with Hotaru singing along with the band. Haruka was in shock as she saw her daughter in some stranger's arms. Plus she needed to get her little girl back. So getting over the shock Haruka marched over to the stage. Once there she was about to get on the stage when she was stopped by a big burly man.

"Sorry sir you can't get beyond this point." The senshi of the wind didn't take to kindly to that,

"Listen here you behemoth that's my girl up there and I intend to get her right here and right now. So get out of my way!" with that she pushed passed the man and ran towards her daughter. Before even making it half way over to her little girl, Haruka was tackled to the ground.

"Oh no you don't, No one gets passed Bubba!" Shouted the Burly guard as he tried to pin down the wind senshi. Too bad for him, that Haruka was a lot stronger then she looked, with a mighty roar she was able to get the guard off of her. She rose from the ground and made her way to the shocked band.

"Hand her over." Haruka growled at the purple clad singer. Mr. Purple shook his head no. There was no way he was giving the little girl over to what he thought was a deranged mad man. He then place the little girl behind his to keep her out of what he thought was harm's way. Haruka, who was already in a foul mood, didn't take kindly to the refusal. She raised her arm to strike, but was stopped by something thwacking against her head. It was a baby bottle.

"No one hurts the Tiggles!" shouted a little voice from the crowd, and with a child's version of a war cry, the children all attacked. Haruka was prepared for many things in life, but being attacked by a bunch of toddlers was not one of them.

"AHHH!!!" Haruka screamed as the children piled up on her, bonking her on the head with their bottles.

X_X

The three stood outside of the mall, Mamoru was sporting several cuts and bruises, as well as a few bumps on the head and a black eye. Seiya was holding what was left of his cloths together, lipstick marks all over his body, mumbling about evil girls, and sexual harassment. Haruka was in no better shape, her clothes were torn, and she was sporting several of her own bruises. Her hair looked like it had been pulled on and she also had some bite marks.

"We lost her again… didn't we?" mumbled Mamoru through swollen lips. Haruka just grunted in response.

X_X

Yay I finished another chapter… sorry it took so long, but life got in the way, and well I always have trouble with transferring what I have in my head down on paper. Anyway, it's another chapter done, so that's always good news. Plus it means this story is not dead^.^

So until next time (whenever that may be)