Wiping the blood from her bottom lip she turned downcast eyes toward her attacker, hearing the familiar voice snarl "You're not even worth my time! You'll never be any kin of mine!"
Tsuki awoke with her heart racing as her eyes darted wildly around the room, only to find that she was laying across a bed. Gripping the thin blanket that had been lay over her she glanced around the room trying to find any sign if what she had just saw was true or not. However even after she had decided that it had been just a nightmare she could not force sleep to consume her.
With a deep sigh and a groan she got out of bed and with careful motions she made her way downstairs and toward the living room, However just as she entered the still dark room she crashed into someone.
"What the hell! Tsuki? What are you doing up?" The silky voice of her half sister grumbled, causing the girl to flinch back a bit despite the pain she was in.
"Sorry." she managed to squeak, only to hear a sigh.
"What? Jeez, all you did was give me a heart attack...I didn't know what I had crashed against!" Haruka retorted with a sigh, releasing the younger girl before she added "You want something to eat or something? You can help yourself to whatever is in the kitchen."
Tsuki couldn't believe that her half sibling had stated that she could help herself as if she was a part of the family. She didn't see herself as a part of their family.
"Really? Thanks Tenoh-San." the dark haired girl replied sheepishly causing the older teenager to start to laugh.
"You don't have to be so formal! Good grief just call me Haruka!" The retort came as the blonde rolled her shimmering eyes before she added "Lets make a deal, I'll call you whatever you want if you'll just drop the formal pronoun crap."
Haruka could tell even in the dim light that Tsuki smiled a little at this and shrugged.
"Okay Haruka-San." the younger of the two replied through cracked lips.
"Alright, lets go get something to eat...I can hear your stomach from over here." The tomboy joked as she carefully took hold of the teens shoulder and lead her toward the kitchen. Haruka could see the nervousness of the teen and she knew that she probably wasn't helping anything.
"H...how old are you?" Tsuki asked suddenly as Haruka flipped on the lights in the kitchen.
"Seventeen...How old are you?" Haruka answered with a small smile as she shuffled through the fridge trying to find something to fix herself and her sister.
"Fifteen...I'll be sixteen soon though." Tsuki answered just as her sister rose up.
"uhm...is these mini pizza things okay? I'm not the best cook in the world and I would rather not give you food poisoning." The boyish one stated with a small smile, attempting to be welcoming despite her usually cool demeanor.
"Yeah that's fine." The shadow senshi replied with a shrug as she took a seat at the table, though the hard wood hurt her back.
"So what do you like to do? Do you have any hobbies or anything?" Haruka tried after a while of an uncomfortable silence.
"Well...I use to like to write...Like Poetry and short stories." Tsuki answered and her older sister smiled slightly.
"You and Michiru will get along then. She's into all of that kind of stuff...though she's better at being a painter and musician." Haruka retorted as she began to put together the food.
"uh...need any help?" Tsuki asked, fiddling with the necklace that she never removed.
"No...You should just rest until you're all healed up." The blonde stated however before anyone of them could say anything else there was a crash from the other room followed by a wail.
"Good gracious!" Haruka muttered, rushing into the other room. Tsuki followed slowly, curiosity eatting at her as she watched the blonde kneel to the ground in front of the figure of a young black haired girl who was dressed in a white, silky nightgown.
"You okay princess? What happened? Did you forget that Michiru momma moved around the decorations again?" Haruka whispered to the crying child, pulling her into a protective embrace.
The little girl only nodded and clung to the tomboy's clothing, causing the blonde to smile sympathetically.
"You're okay...I've got ya." the blonde cooed as she lifted the girl up and carried her toward where Tsuki stood.
"This is Hotaru...My daughter." Haruka stated
"Wait so you and Michiru are together?" Tsuki asked, shocked by the information and the blonde sighed.
"I'm not going to hurt you if that is what you're worried about...Just because you live in a house with a lesbian doesn't mean that she wants to get in your pants." The boyish teen retorted, causing the fifteen year old to blush.
"No No! I wasn't even implying that Haruka-San! I just didn't know that...I'm sorry if I came about that in a rude way." the soldier of darkness rushed, causing her older sibling to laugh loudly, the sound echoing all around the kitchen.
"Relax...Geez. It was a joke...calm down." Haruka stated, rolling her eyes at the younger teen.
"Who is she Papa?" the child in the blondes arms suddenly whispered, glancing up at her parent with a curious look.
"My half sister Tsuki...You're aunt." Haruka answered, all while sending the girl in question a look that plainly said 'don't ask.'
Tsuki only smirked slightly, despite feeling nervous again. However she didn't have that much time to let her doubts reemerge because the seven year old shyly waved at her.
"Tsuki and I was just about to have a late snack since she missed dinner. Do you want to join us?" Haruka asked the small child who shyly shook her head.
Haruka chuckled a little as she sat the child back on her feet and gave her a light glare.
"you was just curios about who was down here huh little monkey?" Haruka growled playfully before adding with a soft glare "then get back to bed before your Momma comes down here and starts yelling at me for waking you."
the last comment got Hotaru to giggle as she hugged her father figure before heading back out of the room.
"Papa?" Tsuki questioned once the child was out of hearing distance and Haruka glared at her, though a smile played at her lips.
"I evidently looked so much like a guy that when she was learning to talk she called me Papa...Michiru didn't want to discourage her so we let it go. She knows I'm a female but it still stuck." the tomboy stated with a shrug. Secretly she was glad that the awkwardness seemed to be leaving between her and the dark haired girl who had showed up so unexpectedly.
Once the food was done and a more comfortable quietness settled between the two as they ate. Though both girls minds were a roar of doubt and nervousness. Neither knew what to say or do so after a while they both decided to put their plates in the washer and head back to their respective bedrooms.
"Uh Tsuki?" Haruka called over her shoulder just as she was about to enter the room on the far end of the hall. Her mind made up "We're meeting up with some friends of ours who are around your age...would you like to go with us?"
"umm...Okay." The shadow warrior managed to respond before continuing down the long carpeted hall toward the room that they had allowed her to sleep in.
maybe I was worried for nothing...they are all so nice...Plus I know Setsuna from my first few weeks as Sailor Eclipse...It'll be nice to get to know her a bit more. The fifteen year old thought as she climbed back into bed.
However around two thirty that morning the sound of yelling awoke her. As she jumped out of bed she could faintly feel a dark aura coming from somewhere outside.
"Shit! Not these bastards again." She muttered as she produced her hidden transformation cepter and whispered the words "Eclipse guardian power Make-Up."