Chapter 3: Setsuna's fear.
Michiru woke up with a start, breathing hard. She sat up in bed and started grinding her teeth as her hands clinched into tight fists.
She had just had a nightmare about the day's events and she wanted revenge on Setsuna for teasing her all day.
All day Setsuna had been pushing her to get over her fear, but the fact that Michiru was mad wasn't because Setsuna made her get over her fear, it was the fact that Setsuna did all of it just so she wouldn't be bored.
"How dare she." Michiru whispered as she quietly got out of bed. She made sure she wouldn't disturb her blonde lover who was sleeping.
She walked out of the room and down the stairs. She paced around the living room for a few minutes and glanced at the clock. It read four-thirty in the morning. She sighed and sat down on the couch. It would be morning in a few hours and Michiru knew she had to get back to sleep.
Before she could get up and go back upstairs, Haruka walked down the stairs, rubbing her eyes, half asleep.
Michiru had to smile at the sight before her. To her, Haruka looked very cute as she was.
"Michi…why are you up so early?" Haruka asked with a small yawn.
"Couldn't sleep, but with your help, I could be tired enough to go back to sleep." She said seductively.
The aqua-haired girl knew nothing was going to happen with them. Haruka was too tired and half asleep as it was. Not to mention the blonde didn't even notice what Michiru was implying.
The tall blonde nodded her head and turned to go back upstairs, with Michiru following.
"I will get you back Setsuna. Mark my words…everyone has a least one fear." Michiru whispered. With that, she went back upstairs and up to bed.
-The next night-
Haruka, Setsuna, Michiru and Hotaru were sitting down at the dinning room table, eating dinner. There was a conferrable silence while they eat. Outside was a thunderstorm, but that didn't seem to bother the family of four.
About half way through dinner, there was a power outage only lasting about half a minute and all the lights and then all the lights came back on. All the clocks, that were plugged in started flashing 12:00.
"What was that all about?" Hotaru asked as she looked up at the light, which was right above the table.
"It happened because of the rain. It was bound to happen." Michiru said.
"Its nothing to worry about Hotaru." Haruka said with a smile.
Hotaru smiled brightly back to her Haruka-papa and nodded her head.
All three of them went back to eating, but Setsuna didn't. She took a sip of her drink and stood up.
"Where are you going Setsuna-mama?"
"I need to go fix all the clocks. Its bugs me when there not fixed."
With that said, Setsuna left the dinning room and started with the microwave. She looked at her cell phone to get the right time and started pressing buttons, with her back turned from the door.
Michiru continued eating her food. As she ate, she started thinking to herself. 'Hmm, Setsuna got up pretty fast to fix the clocks. Come to think of it, Setsuna fixes the clocks fast on day-light-savings time too. Heh heh that gives me an idea.'
With that thought, a light smirk came to her lips.
-The next morning-
It was early in the morning. Michiru woke up early so she could put her plan into action. She tiptoed downstairs, so she wouldn't wake anybody. There was one person who she really didn't want to be awake and that person was Setsuna.
Michiru looked at the time that read 4:30 am. She changed that clock to read 7:38. Her next clock was in the kitchen, the microwave clock. She changed that one to read 3:18.
She did the same with all the clocks in the house. Each time different. Some clocks read 8:20, while others read 1:58. When she was finished she went back upstairs and went back to sleep, with a bright triumphant smile on her lips.
A few hours later, the whole household started to wake up. Even though Michiru was awake a few hours prier, she was still the first to wake up.
The sea goddess got out of bed and walked down the stairs, where she took a seat at the kitchen table. She knew Setsuna would be the next one to come down the stairs. Setsuna was always the second one to wake up. Third was their daughter Hotaru and coming down last was Haruka. She always liked to sleep in late.
A few moments later, Setsuna came down the stairs. Michiru played it off and started reading the paper. When Setsuna was in the kitchen and getting herself a cup of coffee, Michiru smirked behind the paper.
"Setsuna, what time is it?" Michiru asked from behind the paper.
The green haired women looked at the microwave clock and started to speak. "Its 6:58…wait 6:58?"
Setsuna then took out her cell phone and looked at the time. Her cell phone read 8: 30. The goddess of time walked over to the microwave and started fixing it.
It took all of Michiru's power to not laugh. She put the newspaper down, with a huge smirk on her face and looked at Setsuna.
"Hey Setsuna, why don't you check out the rest of the clocks."
Setsuna turned around and saw the smirk plastered all over Michiru's face. "Ohhh you didn't!" With that Setsuna dashed out of the kitchen and ran around the house.
She held her cell phone in her hand and checked all the clocks.
Michiru sat in the kitchen, a huge triumphant smile on her lips. She took out her cell phone and waited, with her thumb on the record button as she waited for the sound she wanted to hear.
It only took a few moments for the sound Michiru wanted to hear, and that sound was.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Michiru pressed the record button and recorded the sound. "That's going to be my new ring tone. Oh Setsuna, I just found your weakness. Its only a matter of time before I find what your fear is."
Michiru then started to laugh evilly.
As she was laughing Haruka and Hotaru walked into the kitchen. They were going to ask Michiru why Setsuna was running around the house franticly changing the clocks, but when they saw Michiru laughing like a mad women they froze.
"Haruka-papa? Has Michiru-mama and Setsuna-mama been taken over by cyber aliens bent on destroying the world?"
Haruka paused then looked down at her daughter. "I got to stop buying you comic books."
Haruka then turned to Michiru, who was still laughing.
"Say Hotaru? What say you and me go out for breakfast? It seems that your Michiru-mama had gone crazy."
"Yeah, I have to agree, same thing with Setsuna-mama."
With that said, both left the house as quietly and as fast as they could.
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A few days had past and Michiru seemed to clam down form her revenge. In fact, the aqua-haired women seemed to be over it and satisfied with the turning of the clocks. Things seemed to be back to normal.
It was almost six-o-clock and Michiru was cooking dinner. She was in front of the stove, stirring soup in a pot.
On the other side of the kitchen was Setsuna chopping some vegetables. Their backs were turned from each other.
Setsuna was almost finished chopping when Michiru called out to her. The tall green-haired women stopped chopping and turned to the aqua-haired women. She waited for a response when something crawled across her hand. A shiver ran up her spine and she eye twitched. She slowly turned her head to see what it was.
"EEEEEEEEEK! A COCKROACH!"
In a flash, Setsuna was right next to Michiru, holding the knife like it was a lifeline.
Michiru turned around and saw the cockroach walking all over the chopped vegetables. Her face cringed a bit. "Ew, that's nasty."
Setsuna was backed up against the counter and she was shaking. "Kill it! Kill it Michiru! Cockroaches freak me out!" She squealed.
Michiru picked up a napkin and walked over to the roach, picking it up. After she picked it up a huge smirk came to her lips. She then turned to Setsuna saying. "What's the matter Setsuna? Afraid of a tiny bug?"
Setsuna froze seeing the smirk on Michiru's lips. "For one thing, that is not a tiny bug and for another thing don't you dare get near me with it."
"Oh Setsuna, your not afraid of a cockroach are you?"
N-no! I'm not afraid! I just don't like them." Setsuna said as she backed away.
Every step back Setsuna took, Michiru took a step forward.
"Oh, but you are afraid, Setsuna and you know what that means. You also must get over your fear. It could be used against us, by our enemies." Michiru said with a huge evil smile in a matter-of-fact tone.
Michiru stopped advancing forward at Setsuna, which calmed the time goddess, as well as scared her.
Michiru then rolled up the napkin and threw it away along with the roach. She then washed her hands, walked back to the stove and went back to cooking, all the while never losing her smirk.
Setsuna stood there for a moment, not really knowing what she should do. She decided she should just stay on her toes and walked back to the counter. She threw the chopped vegetables away, cleaned the counter and started chopping fresh vegetables.
-The next day-
Hotaru was just getting out of school and her Haruka-papa picked her up. Hotaru smiled happily and jumped in the car with her papa.
"Hey Hotaru, how was school?"
"Fine. I have no homework today."
"That's great, because today me and you are going to spend the whole day together. Just me and you."
Hotaru looked at her papa knowingly and blinked. "So Michiru-mama, found a way to get her revenge on Setsuna-mama and now she's crazy."
Haruka sighed and nodded her head. "Yup."
-Back at the Outers mansion-
Setsuna was just getting back from work. She forgot all about the incident the night before. She walked into the lining room and where she saw the aqua-haired women and sitting on the couch reading a novel.
Michiru looked up at Setsuna and greeted her with a wave. She then stood up and walked into the kitchen.
From the kitchen Setsuna heard. "Oh Setsuna, can you come in here for a moment? I need your help with something."
Setsuna stood up and walked into the kitchen, where she was gagged and knocked out by the sea goddess.
When she came to, she was tied up, sitting up and in the bathroom tub. She looked next where she saw Michiru sitting on the toilet.
"You know, Setsuna, for you being the guardian of the time gates and being able to predict the future, you sure didn't see this coming."
Setsuna felt very nervous and looked at Michiru with pleading eyes. "What are you going to do to me?"
"Oh, I'm going to help you get over your fear. I learned this by watching that American show 'Fear Factor'." With that Michiru brought out a big black trash bag that seemed to move and crawl.
Setsuna didn't have anything to say as the big bag was dumped on her. She was now covered waist deep in cockroaches.
Setsuna was starting to panic and freak out. She tried to break free but the ropes wouldn't let her.
Michiru watched Setsuna with amusement. "Well Setsuna, your not bored now are you?"
That statement caused the time goddess to get really angry. She summoned her seshi powers and broke through the ropes. She then transformed into Sailor Pluto and screamed.
"DEAD SCREAM!"
In an instant all the cockroaches were destroyed as well as half the bathroom. Surprisingly Michiru was unharmed.
Sailor Pluto then turned to Michiru with a death glare.
The smile on Michiru's lips never left her. She raised her hands and said. "Hey, hey. You can't get angry with me. I got you over your fear just like you got me over me fear. We'er even now. Well you didn't really get over your fear, but wanting to kill them is better then fearing them."
Sailor Pluto turned back to Setsuna. She still had a glare on her face but nevertheless she still said. "Thanks, bow we'er even." With that she walked away.
Haruka and Hotaru came home to the remains of the cockroaches and the destroyed bathroom.
"Haruka-papa…thank you for taking me out. I think it did me well not being here today."
"Yeah no problem. I think it did me well not being here too. Oh and lets make a deal, we never piss off Michiru or Setsuna."
Hotaru nodded her head and they both sighed.
The end.
Authors Notes: Ok, I know that chapter kind of sucked and both Michiru and Setsuna were way out of character and it was a late update…yeah I rushed through this chapter and I was lacking lots of sleep. I found it harder then I thought to finish this. I promise my next few stories wont take as long as this one, for me to update.
Oh and one more thing. If you want me to write the rest of the Seshi's fears, then I'm going to have to get a lot of reviews telling me you want to read about them.
