Here's part two of four!
Getting right to it!
I still don't own Sailor Moon and all that goes with it.
Dozo minna!
Neptune watched as a Daimon leapt out of a young girl's apartment, a pure heart crystal in its hand. "The talisman is mine!" the creature cried out in victory.
"I won't let you have it!" Neptune shouted. The Daimon turned and glared at her.
"Who is it?" the Daimon demanded.
"Guided by a new era, Sailor Neptune acts with grace!"
"This is what I've taken! I won't let you have it… OSOJI HURRICANE!" it cried, its arm turning into a vacuum and blowing a huge gust of wind at the Sea Senshi. Neptune leapt away from the attack.
"Mind if I cut in?" a voice asked. The two turned and saw a figure in a sailor fuku standing on a nearby roof.
"Dare?" the Daimon demanded.
"Guided by a new era, Sailor Uranus acts with elegance!"
Neptune's eyes widened. Uranus…she's awakened! Neptune thought, a smile threatening to break across her face.
"Hand over the talisman and you won't get hurt," Uranus informed the Daimon.
"Never! OSOJI HURRICANE!"
Uranus easily dodged the attack. "World Shaking!" The attack struck the Daimon and it dropped the heart crystal. Uranus dove after it. "It's mine!"
"OSOJI!" it cried, sending a blast of air at Uranus. The blonde Senshi was thrown through the air.
She landed on her feet. "Shimatta!"
"The crystal!" the Daimon cried, chasing after it.
"Hold it right there!" Neptune ordered, giving chase. Uranus followed and the three leapt to the ground where they had seen the pure heart fall. "Where's the talisman?" Neptune asked, looking around at the street.
"Where is it?" Uranus demanded.
A dog barked at the Daimon. "WHERE IS IT?" she bellowed. She exchanged her arms and began running down the street.
Uranus looked over at Neptune. "Shall we?"
"I don't even know you," Neptune replied.
"True, but I don't want the Silence to fall any more than you do. Onegai, let me help you," she requested. Neptune nodded and the pair chased after the Daimon.
Neptune struggled to keep up with Uranus. She's fast…just like the wind… she idly thought. The Sea Senshi managed to keep pace with Uranus.
Up ahead they could hear the Daimon shouting, "Where are you? Where, where, where, where, where, where are you?" The alarm on the vacuum extension hand began beeping and she grinned. "Here it is! It's a good thing the tick sensor was on it!"
Uranus and Neptune followed the Daimon into a large junkyard. They ran up right as the Daimon burst through the wall and grabbed the heart crystal. "Deep Submerge!" Neptune cried. The Daimon dodged the attack and sent a strong gust of wind at the two Senshi. They leapt into the air and landed on a stack of old cars, the Daimon leaping up as well. Uranus lunged in with a kick that was dodged by the Daimon. It then tried to attack Neptune but she leapt away.
"You are as pesky as little ticks!" the Daimon growled.
"Cooperate and give us the talisman!" Uranus demanded.
"This is what I took! If you want it, you have to wrestle it away from me!"
"Iie!" a new voice shouted. The three turned. "I won't let ANYONE have that pure heart crystal!" They saw Sailor Moon standing atop a pile of cars. "A girl who dreams of a first kiss with a wonderful boy…I can't forgive you for stealing such a pure heart! For love and justice, the pretty soldier in a sailor suit! Sailor Moon! In the name of the moon, I shall punish you!"
"We have another tick?" the Daimon complained. "I can't allow for any ticks!" it cried, turning its right arm back into a hand. The hand pulled out the cord from its back and swung it out at Sailor Moon. Moon leapt away and the Daimon turned her right hand back into a vacuum extension. "Gust of wind!" it cried, sending Moon flying through the air with a cry from the heroine. Uranus and Neptune took the opportunity to leap in at the same time with kicks. The Daimon hurled out several packages of dust bags. "Take these pieces of trash!"
Uranus and Neptune gracefully landed on the ground as the Daimon returned to a column of old cars. Moon landed hard a moment later with a short cry of pain and annoyance. "Ow…" she whined softly.
"I won't lose to someone like you!" the Daimon declared. Uranus and Neptune leapt up and began attacking the Daimon while Moon looked helplessly on. The two Senshi were thrown to the ground and they glared up at the Daimon. "All of you pile up and die!" the Daimon ordered.
A red rose flew from nowhere and struck the Daimon directly on the head. "A crystal of a pure heart does not fit someone with a soiled heart! Return the crystal now and be buried along with this scrap metal!" Tuxedo Kamen said while sitting atop a pile of stuffed toys.
"Tuxedo Kamen!" Moon cried happily.
"Sailor Moon! Show it the power of justice!" Tuxedo Kamen ordered.
"Hai!" she agreed and rose to her feet. "Moon Spiral Heart Attack!"
The attack hit the Daimon head on and it shouted, "Lovely!" before it returned to a normal vacuum cleaner, a Daimon egg dropping out of it and shattering.
"Oh no! The pure heart crystal!" Moon realized and ran for the column of cars where the Daimon had died.
"I won't let you have it!" Neptune shouted, leaping into the air. Uranus followed and landed behind Moon. She immediately wrapped her left arm around the Moon Senshi's neck. The young teenager struggled to break free.
"We will take the talisman!" Uranus snapped.
Neptune landed on the yellow car and reached out for the heart crystal. A red rose knocked it away and she looked up at Tuxedo Kamen. "I won't let you have it!" he informed her, leaping down at Neptune. She leapt up into the air and tried to strike him. He blocked her and the two landed on the cars.
"Let me go! If I don't give that back, Unazuki-chan is going to die!" Moon pleaded with Uranus.
"I know there will be casualties!" Uranus snapped.
"Then why?" Moon demanded.
"It's nothing that you would understand! This is my duty!" Uranus returned.
"And mine as well," Neptune said.
"I must get a hold of it!" Uranus said. She flung Moon to the ground as Neptune leapt over to the heart crystal.
"Sailor Moon!" Tuxedo Kamen cried.
Neptune picked up the heart and tried to sense any special energy that would indicate it as a talisman. She felt none. "This isn't a talisman! It's only a normal pure heart crystal!"
"Nani?" Uranus asked in disbelief.
Moon lunged forward. "Give it back!" she shouted as she snatched it from Neptune's hands. "I'll never let you have it!"
"Do what you want with it…" Uranus muttered and turned to leave. Neptune followed after Uranus. The two leapt to the far corner of the junkyard and faced each other. "What do you want?"
"We're both after the same goal Uranus. To stop the Silence from coming. Can't we work together?" Neptune asked.
"We do have a common enemy," Uranus agreed. She studied Neptune for a moment. "And you seem to be willing to do whatever it takes to stop the Silence."
"I am," she agreed.
"Let me think about it," Uranus decided. She smiled faintly. "I'll be around if you need me," she said and leapt away.
Destiny Destiny Destiny
Haruka finished eating candy bar she had gotten at a convenience store as she headed for her motorcycle. She wore a pair of black motorcycle boots, black jeans, a black shirt, and a black and midnight blue leather jacket with silver designs. A silver chain was attached to her black leather silver riveted belt and went to her back right pocket. Black leather gloves that covered her fingers three quarters of the way covered her hands. She had been delayed in going back to her apartment by the Daimon that had shown up, but she didn't mind too much. Neptune had asked that they join forces and Haruka was willing to agree, but she knew nothing about the Sea Senshi. She had grown up being cautious of everyone, especially those she had just met, but the strangest thing was that she trusted the Senshi of the Sea.
"Leave me alone!" she heard a voice shout from down the street.
She took off running to the source of the sound and skidded to a halt when she saw several rough looking men advancing towards a young woman she recognized as Michiru. Her teal eyes hardened and she stepped into the alley, clearing her throat. They whirled around and looked at her. "Back off now," she warned.
"Or what?" the leader demanded. Haruka sighed and cracked her knuckles, arching a brow. The leader laughed and gestured for two of the five bikers to get the blonde. Without batting an eye, the blonde slammed her knee into the gut of one and round kicked the other in the neck. Both fell to the ground and remained there. The other two charged in and Haruka blocked a punch and hurled the puncher into the line of trashcans. The other biker tried to grab her from behind but she slipped out of his grasp and locked his left arm between her head and other two arms, which were above her head. She swiftly jerked him to the side and dislocated his shoulder. His head hit the wall and he crumbled to the ground.
The leader charged in and Haruka stared in disbelief as Michiru slammed a garbage can into his head. He fell to the ground, disoriented. Haruka grabbed Michiru's hand and pulled her out of the alley. "How'd you fall in with them?" Haruka asked as she kept a hold of Michiru's head.
"They cornered me!" Michiru returned a little breathlessly.
Haruka skidded to a halt in front of her bike and thrust a helmet to Michiru. "Get on!" she commanded.
"Nani?" the Sea Senshi demanded.
"You want to meet back up with your new friends, go right ahead, but I'm leaving," Haruka said, pulling her helmet on. Michiru glanced back and saw the leader and some other bikers running towards them. She pulled the helmet on and got on behind Haruka. The blonde revved the engine and shot down the road. Michiru tightened her grip around Haruka's waist.
The blonde expertly guided the bike through the streets of Tokyo. She glanced in a side mirror and saw several motorcycles bearing down on them. "Kuso!" she hissed. She opened the throttle and the sports bike shot forward. She looked down the road and saw two large motorcycles coming straight at them. She glanced to the side and saw an empty car carrier stopped at a light. "HOLD ON!" she bellowed to her passenger.
Michiru saw the car carrier and knew exactly what the blonde was thinking. She tightened her grip and closed her eyes. Haruka pulled the bike over to the side and shot up into the air, causing several pedestrians to gasp in shock and surprise. The heavier vehicle soared through the air over the two stunned bikers. It hit the ground with a sharp thud, some sparks flying up from the bottom. The force of the landing caused Michiru to lose her grip around Haruka and fall off. Haruka hit the brakes and skidded to a stop, turning the bike sideways. She saw the two bikers walking towards the fallen teen, leers on their faces.
Haruka's eyes hardened and she slammed open the throttle on the bike while hitting the front wheel brakes. This caused the back wheel to spin around, kicking up loose pieces of pavement as it spun around. She released the brake and shot toward the bikers. Several feet from the thugs she hit the front brake and the bike tilted up on the front wheel. Haruka threw her body weight to the side, causing the heavy machine to whip around into one of the biker's arms. He was thrown into his companion and the two landed in a heap near a row of parked cars.
The back wheel of the bike slammed down and Haruka pulled Michiru onto the front of the bike. In the streetlights she could see the teenager's clothes were torn in a few places and she cursed silently. She drove down the street, making sure she passed by several police stations. She drove around for another half hour, making sure she had lost the gang before going home. She pulled into parking garage and parked her bike next to several expensive looking sports cars. The blonde shut off the engine and sighed. She pulled off her helmet and looked down at the unconscious form of Michiru. She carefully pulled off the helmet and sighed in relief when Michiru opened her eyes.
"You're safe," Haruka said softly.
"I know," Michiru smiled. She yawned and closed her eyes, drifting into sleep in Haruka's arms. The blonde's heart thudded loudly in her chest, but she pushed the feeling away.
Haruka carefully picked up Michiru and walked to the elevator. She hit the button and the doors slid open. She walked in and pressed the button for the top floor. She patiently waited as the elevator rose up through the building. After a minute, the elevator dinged its arrival and the doors slid open revealing a hallway. Haruka walked down the hall, her boots thudding on the floor. She stopped in front of a door and carefully held Michiru in one arm while her other hand fished out her keys from her pocket. She unlocked and opened the door, stepping inside. She shut the door and locked it, using her feet to pull off her boots, which wasn't all that easy.
Once her boots were off, Haruka walked into her spacious apartment and headed to the bedroom. The walls were painted sky blue and glow-in-the-dark stars were stuck to the ceiling. Several racing posters decorated the walls. Across from the door was a glass door that led to a small balcony. On the right wall from just walking in were two dressers. Several trophies rested on the standing dresser while the chest dresser was littered with some clothes, a mirror above the short dresser. Across from the dressers was a lone bed, the covers pulled up neatly in spite of the dirty floor littered with clothes. A closet door was near the glass doors by the bed.
Haruka flipped on a light and grimaced at her messy room. She gently set Michiru down on the soft bed. She saw several cuts and scrapes on the aqua haired girl's legs and quickly ran out of the room. She went into the bathroom and pulled out a first-aid kit. She returned to her room and began to carefully clean the wounds on Michiru's legs. Once she was done with that, she picked up a soft heavy blanket and placed it over Michiru's sleeping form.
Haruka smiled softly then yawned. She turned on a standing lamp and flipped off the main lights of the room. The blonde walked to an overstuffed chair in the corner and tossed the dirty clothes into an empty laundry basket. She shrugged out of her heavy leather jacket and flopped down into the chair. She curled up in the seat and draped her jacket over her knees and arms. She slowly drifted asleep, the glowing stars shining down on the two.
Destiny Destiny Destiny
Michiru stretched and opened her eyes. A frown formed on her face and she sat up slowly, looking around her strange surroundings. An extremely messy room met her sea blue eyes. She looked over at a corner and saw Haruka sleeping in a chair. The blonde had her left arm hanging over the edge of the chair while her left leg rested on the floor. Her right leg was draped over the arm of the chair and her head was resting on the armrest of the other side. Her right arm was resting on her chest, the heavy leather jacket slipping off her body as she slept.
Michiru smiled and suppressed a giggle. Kawaii… she thought. She pulled off the heavy blanket and set her feet down on the ground. She winced slightly in pain but rose to her feet. She walked to the blonde and readjusted the leather jacket. The blonde shifted and sleepily opened her eyes.
"Michiru-san," she yawned. "Gomen…"
"It's all right Haruka-san. Arigatou for the care," she said.
Haruka shook her head and sat up, rubbing sleep from her eyes. "It was no trouble. I would have taken you home, but I didn't know where you lived and I was afraid to wake you up."
"It's all right," Michiru reassured her. "Gomen. I didn't mean to wake you or to be so much trouble."
"You're no trouble Michiru-san," Haruka said. "Gomen about the messy room."
"So this is your room…" she said with a teasing grin.
"You hungry?" Haruka asked.
"I don't want to impose anymore than I already have," Michiru said.
"You're not and you should eat something." As if to emphasize the Wind Senshi's point Michiru's stomach growled loudly. She blushed in embarrassment. "See?" Haruka teased. She rose to her feet and motioned for Michiru to follow her. They walked out of the room. "Bathroom is the door at the end of the hall if you need it," Haruka informed her guest. She led the way down to the kitchen and walked in.
"So do your parents keep the rest of the apartment clean?" Michiru asked, noting how much cleaner the rest of the apartment was.
Haruka stopped and bowed her head. "They died…when I was nine…"
Michiru's hand flew to her mouth. "Ah! Gomen na sai! I didn't mean to…"
"Iie…it's all right," Haruka said. She smiled grimly. "Truthfully I only miss my mother." She pulled down several cereal boxes and motioned for Michiru to take one.
"May I ask why?"
"My father was a drunk bastard who…wasn't the nicest he could be to my mother and I. My mother tried to get him to stop and did everything she could…but he never did…not even when he…" Haruka stopped, turning away from Michiru and angrily wiping the tears from her eyes.
Michiru's heart broke to see the blonde hurting so much, but she couldn't explain why. She reached out and carefully rested a hand on Haruka's shoulder. "Gomen na sai," she whispered.
Haruka shook her head. "It's not your fault. But when my mother died and then my father, it set me free. Granted I lived in a foster home over in America until last year, but they were supportive of me and knew I wanted to come out to Japan."
"So they let you come over here alone?" Michiru asked.
"The courts were amazed with how well I was coping and succeeding. And they saw how much racing was helping with that, so they gave me special permission to come over here as long as I had someone over eighteen to look out for me. A family friend of my foster parents lives over here and volunteered to do the job."
"I'm glad you did come out here. Otherwise I never would have been saved from those bikers last night. You're my hero," Michiru said as Haruka set out two bowls and spoons. Her comment made the blonde blush.
"I'm not a hero Michiru-san, trust me."
"You are to me," Michiru replied, kissing the blonde softly on the cheek.
"You do realize I am a girl, right?"
"Does it look like I care?" Michiru shot back with a twinkle in her eye. She looked around the apartment. "Besides…someone has to keep close tabs on you to make sure you don't drown in dirty laundry," she giggled.
Haruka pouted but did it with a grin. "You're cold Michiru-san."
"Honto? I'm just being honest," she returned. The two continued to talk for the rest of the morning, enjoying the other's company.
Japanese Word Guide:
Shimatta: Damn it.
Onegai: Please.
Iie: No.
Nani: What?
Kuso: Damn (sometimes also used as Sh-t).
Kawaii: Cute/adorable.
Honto: Really.
Two more parts to go. Hope you enjoy 'em! Now be nice and drop me a review!