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Chapter 7: Jennifer's A (insert naughty word here)
Michiru awoke with a start and lay on her bed breathing hard. She didn't know what she had been dreaming about but it had left her feeling ill and frightened. She felt movement beside her and turned to face her partner who was still quietly sleeping.
She still had to get used to waking up with Haruka beside her. She knew it wouldn't take long but at the moment every morning was like a wonderful surprise and this morning was no exception.
She still felt horrible but Haruka's presence calmed her enough to get her breathing back under control and she leant over and kissed her lover gently on her forehead. Haruka stirred slightly.
"Michi?" She asked sleepily.
"It's okay animo go back to sleep." Michiru replied quietly. Haruka made the cutest sound Michiru had ever heard and pulled the water soldier into her arms.
Michiru pressed her forehead against her lover's and closed her eyes again feeling the beat of Haruka's heart under her hand.
She felt so lucky finally having Haruka as her own but even that couldn't completely diminish the feeling of fear within her soul. Maybe today would be a good day to stay home.
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Chibiusa opened her eyes and looked over at the clock. 6:00 a little early but she wasn't going to get anymore sleep so she pushed back the covers and made her way over to the window.
Opening the curtains she gazed out at the city wishing not for the first time that she was seeing crystal structures rather than stone and concrete.
She sighed to herself and chose an outfit before heading into the shower. There was no point dwelling on what wasn't.
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Michiru finished styling her hair and took one last look in the mirror before heading out for breakfast. She reached the hallway and headed downstairs.
The sound of Haruka's voice drew her attention to the lounge room and she found her partner with the phone to her ear and her back to the kitchen pacing from one couch to the other.
She stifled her laughter with her hand. Haruka always did this when she was on the phone and the funniest thing about it was she didn't even notice she was doing it.
"Okay, yes I understand. Okay I'll be there. All right bye." She placed the phone back on the receiver and turned back towards the kitchen nearly jumping out of her skin when she saw Michiru standing there.
"I didn't hear you come in I'm sorry." She moved forward and wrapped her arms around her love. Michiru closed her eyes and nuzzled into Haruka's neck.
"What's wrong honey?" The tall blonde asked. "Do you still have that feeling?" Michiru nodded.
"Who was on the phone?" She asked. Haruka sighed.
"My manager." She replied "With the end of the school year coming up soon he's been discussing my racing future a lot lately."
"But the end of school year is still 6 months away." Michiru argued.
"I know but time flies and he wants to be prepared. He's just had a call from a company who wants to sponsor us next year. If they do we'll be able to enter all the races throughout the year and that means, if I'm good enough I'll be able to get into the bigger races." Michiru pulled back and looked at her.
"That means professional level doesn't it?" Haruka nodded. "That's wonderful animo congratulations." She gushed kissing her partner and cuddling into her again.
"Thank you, we don't know if I'm good enough yet though." Michiru gave her a look that made her laugh. "Okay I am I know it I was just making an attempt at being humble." Michiru laughed.
"Anyway, the reason he called was because they've requested a meeting with us today over lunch to meet me in person. The only problem is I have to travel a long way to get there and that means I'll be staying at a hotel over night and coming back in the morning. Are you okay with that?" She asked. Michiru nodded and pulled back again.
"Of course I'm fine with it animo. This is an amazing opportunity you'd be insane not to go." Haruka smiled and kissed her.
"I know, I just like to get your thoughts before I do things. You are my partner now after all in every sense of the word. What you think is important to me." Michiru smiled back.
"I'm glad. I like that you talk to me about everything before you do it. It makes me feel special."
"You are special." They gazed at each other lovingly for a moment before Michiru spoke again.
"Just promise me you'll be careful on your way down. My bad feeling doesn't seem to have anything to do with you but keep an eye out for danger all the same okay." Haruka nodded.
"I will animo, make sure you do too. I won't be here to help you if anything happens." She stopped then and thought about it. "Maybe you should come with me. At least I'll know you're safe." Michiru shook her head.
"I need to be here to help the others if anything happens. Don't worry sweetie I'm sure it's nothing, just a bad dream." She kissed Haruka again before directing the wind soldier to head upstairs and pack.
Haruka looked as if she was about to argue but Michiru cut her short with a look and she turned and headed up the stairs.
Michiru watched her go and wrapped her arms around herself. Why couldn't they have chosen to have their meeting tomorrow? Shaking her head, she made her way into the kitchen. Maybe some tea would make her feel a little better.
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Chibiusa finished packing her bag and headed out of her room. Usagi was sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of tea in her hand reading the paper.
Chibiusa frowned in confusion until she walked over and discovered the page contained comic strips. She chuckled and leant down to kiss Usagi lightly on the cheek.
"For a moment there I thought you were going mad". She laughed as Usagi looked up and poked her tongue out at her future daughter.
"Don't be rude to your mother" she relied trying to sound parental. Chibiusa laughed again and turned to leave.
"Be careful today, if you start to feel sick remember to ring someone ok". Usagi waved her hand dismissively at the pink haired girl.
"Yeah yeah I know go to school I'm not five you know".
"Well maybe not physically". Usagi turned to face her daughter with an indignant look and just caught Chibiusa's wink as she closed the door behind her. Usagi shook her head. What was she going to do with that girl??
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Michiru waved goodbye to Haruka as she pulled away from the school grounds her gold convertible facing the city. Outside she was smiling and being happy for her partner but on the inside she was wishing she'd just stayed in bed.
Why did today feel like it was going to be a bad day? She pondered that thought as she headed to her locker not paying attention to the looks she was receiving from the students around her or the whispers going on behind her back.
She arrived at her locker and pulled her books out. Maybe she was just being paranoid but something didn't feel right.
The bell rang and she closed her locked books in hand. She turned to head to class and noticed a group of girls standing in a small circle beside one of the lockers giggling.
For some reason her stomach started to churn but she tried to shake it off as she began to walk down the corridor. It was just a group of teenage girls laughing over some silly letter or something why would she even care?
She reached the classroom and took her seat not looking up at anyone until the teacher walked in and class began.
Again she didn't notice the looks coming from those around her due to the fact that she was so lost in thought and worry.
It was a terrible shame because if she had been paying attention to what was going on around her she might have seen the piece of paper being passed around the classroom as discretely as possible to avoid the teacher's eye before it reached the people who hadn't seen it yet.
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Makoto and Minako were standing beside the running field warming up. Today was the start of volleyball for their PE class and Minako couldn't wait.
"Lovely weather today isn't it?" She asked Makoto who gave her a knowing smile.
"Yes Minako chan perfect weather for volley ball."
"Isn't it just??" Minako asked jumping up and down on the spot barely able to contain her exuberance.
"I'm going to hit the ball like this" She jumped up high and made a sharp hand movement. "And this" she did another. Makoto laughed at her.
"Just wait until the game actually starts hey Minako chan, otherwise all of your energy will be gone before you can even use it." Minako continued to giggle and jump as the teacher walked over to the class and began to separate them into teams.
Both girls were in the same team and they vowed to crush their opposition. They took their spots and Minako was the first up to serve.
The game began and Minako turned from insanely excited school girl into serious athlete. Makoto was enjoying watching Minako play so much that she didn't notice the gossip that was being passed from person to person every time they switched players.
When it was time for a break Makoto and Minako made their way over to their bags only to find their water containers empty.
Minako still buzzing with energy suggested they jog up to the coolers for a refill that way their muscles wouldn 't cool down before the second half. She then took off up the hill before Makoto could answer.
The brunette rolled her eyes and headed up the hill after her. She reached the top and looked around for Minako. Finding no sign of her blonde friend she headed for the closest water bubbler around behind the locker building.
She caught site of her blonde friend as she rounded the corner and was surprised to find her rather still.
"What's wrong Minako chan did you run out of puff?" She asked jokingly. The look on Minako's face when she turned to look at her friend made Makoto's smile disappear.
"What's wrong?" She asked concerned. Minako held a piece of paper out to her and she took it quickly wondering what could possibly have altered her friend's mood to such a degree.
She took one look at the piece of paper and her jaw dropped. She looked up at Minako in shock.
"Where did you find this?" she asked.
"It was on the ground in front of the water taps when I got up here."
"Who else do you think saw it?" Minako shook her head.
"I don't know hopefully only the person who left it here but I'm not holding out hope."
Makoto nodded.
"We'd better get back." Minako agreed and followed her back towards the oval. All the girls looked up at the pair as they walked towards them and from the looked on the faces of most of them the girls concerns had been well founded.
Most of them were enjoying the thought that the violinist was heading for a serious embarrassment and everyone knew Minako and Makoto were her friends.
They reached the rest of their class just as the teacher returned and ordered everyone back to their teams.
As they were heading back in to play one of the red haired girls on their team made an off colour remark about Michiru and Haruka causing Makoto to head in her direction and Minako to stop her.
"I'm going to rip her hair out". Makoto growled.
"Don't Makoto" Minako whispered "Leave it to me".
Makoto looked at Minako curiously but Minako just winked at her friend and made her way to the back of the court. Makoto was fuming but she returned to her place and watched as the coach handed Minako the ball.
The blonde smiled sweetly at the coach and took her position. Makoto saw the evil smile cross her face just moments before Minako jumped up and served the ball right in to the back of the offending girl's cranium.
The red haired harpy fell to the floor holding her head and whining like a 5 year old. All the girls rushed to her side except Minako and Makoto who took their time.
The girl looked up at Minako as she approached and the blonde bent down to look her in the eyes.
"Oh my goodness I'm so very sorry I hope you're ok." Anyone around her would have sworn Minako was being perfectly sincere.
The girl on the floor however got an up close and personal look at a side of Minako few had ever seen.
She may look innocent and sweet but Minako could play the game with the best of them and come out on top and she knew it.
This girl was the first person in this town who'd pushed her far enough to reveal what going to a private school at a young age had taught her.
No one insulted her friends, and no one got away with slandering someone she cared about.
She may be out of practice but one never forgot how to play the game and Minako made sure the young red head was very aware of that before she stood up and her sweet smile returned.
"Well now should we get her to the sick bay then?" She asked chirpily.
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Class ended and Michiru got warily to her feet. She wanted to go home and the idea was sounding more and more tempting by the second.
She waited for everyone else to leave the room before collecting her books and heading out herself. She reached the doorway when something on the floor in front of her caught her eye and she bent down to pick it up.
At first she thought it was just a news paper article someone had found on the internet and printed for an assignment.
However when she brought it closer to her eyes the shock of what it truly was hit her like a brick and the sick feeling in her stomach intensified into something akin to true agony.
Who had found this? Why had they brought it to school? And who had they shown? The memory of the girls standing in a circle beside the lockers that morning came back to her then. Had one of them done this?
She walked into the corridor and looked up and for the first time that day she took notice of what was going on around her. All the students from her last class were standing out in the corridor looking at her some sporting snide grins others with looks of disgust in their eyes.
The girl in the centre was holding the news article in her hands glaring at Michiru as if she were Satan himself.
"So" she finally spoke. "Kaioh Michiru is a dyke". Michiru didn't say anything as the girl approached her. She stopped within inches of the aqua haired lady's face and held the article up for her to see.
"You know I always thought it was odd that a rich, musically talented artist would be hanging around with a cross dressing, motorcycle racing dyke. She didn't exactly seem like your type of friend but I just thought you were being nice. Now I finally understand why." She leant in closer until Michiru could feel the other girl's breath.
"So tell me Kaioh Michiru are you going to feel me up now that I'm within range? After all you don't exactly get many chances like this one. Or is your interest only confined to freaks who like to pretend they're men?"
Michiru's eyes narrowed then and for the first time that day the sick feeling was replaced by burning anger.
"I would take a step back if I were you." she warned
"Or what?"
"I'll rip your hair out and introduce your face to the wall behind me."
She never spoke like this but seeing that article had brought up a myriad of bad emotions and whole lot of incredibly painful memories that she'd buried for so long and never wanted to dredge back up again.
More importantly though was that no body spoke about Haruka like that! The rest of the class looked at her in shock and the girl at the head of the group took several steps back.
Michiru glared at her until the other girl was as far away as she wanted her to be then turned her attention on to the rest of the group.
"I fail to see how my sexuality affects any of you. What I do in my private life is my business and none of yours. I'm sure you've had difficulties with your parents some time in your lives and even been kicked out of home once of twice some of you.
The only differences are the fact that my family is so well known and the fact that I didn't go running back to my pathetic parents pretending I was wrong, begging them to have me back and promising them I'd be their perfect little girl again.
Truth of the matter is I was true to myself how many of you can say that?" None of them spoke but many of them were starting to look a lot less sure of themselves.
"So I choose to live differently from the majority of people. So I choose to love a woman who likes to race motorcycles and actually givers a damn about me.
Rather than a rich, stuck up business man who's old enough to be my father and who's going to parade me around like a doll and make sure I'm nothing more than a possession he can play with when it suits him.
That's my decision and mine alone and at least I have the guts to stand up and do what makes me happy instead of what everyone else wants!" None of her class would look her in the eye now not even the girl holding the article.
Michiru felt tears beginning to burn at the back of her eyes and she felt her anger starting to melt away as the pain came back. She stepped forward and when she was as close to the girl at the front as the girl had been to her before she spoke again.
"And if you ever speak about Haruka like that again I promise you, you will regret it." With the last of her anger ebbing away Michiru turned and walked out of the corridor towards the school gate.
She was barely outside the grounds when the tears consumed her and she ran as fast as she could away from the school and her memories.
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Minako and Makoto's PE class ended at lunch time and after showering in record time they ran outside to their usual lunch table in search of Michiru.
When they got there they found a very annoyed looking Ami staring at one of her books as if it were her worst enemy but no Michiru.
The Mercury soldier looked up as they approached and seemed quite happy to throw her book back into her bag and give them her full attention. Not very Ami like but neither of them thought about that at the time.
"Ami have you seen Michiru?" Minako asked breathlessly. Ami shook her head and looked at her two friends in concern.
"No I haven't. Why what's wrong?" Minako held out the article and Ami took it. She took in the image of Michiru and began to read what the actual article was saying.
'Wow so the artist has quite a past hasn't she? Well it was going to come out eventually and so what it was just her past…STOP IT!!!' Ami mentally screamed at her inner voice.
'This is my friend we don't think things like this about our friends!' What was going on with her?
First she hadn't been able to concentrate on her classes that morning. Then try as she might she hadn't been able to get ay study done when she came out to lunch to wait for the others and now she was thinking things like that. She had to stop this whatever it was, it was driving her crazy.
"Ami are you ok?" Minako's voice brought her back to the present and she looked up into the concerned faces of her friends.
"Yes of course why?"
"You just look very angry all of a sudden" Makoto replied. What should she say back to that? She couldn't tell the truth her friends would think she was horrible. So she lied.
"I just think this is so horrible!" She held the article back out to the others. "Who found this?" Minako shook her head.
"We don't know but we've been trying to find Michiru and warn her in case she doesn't know already."
"Although after PE class I have to figure she'd have to be blind not to" Makoto added. Ami nodded and stood up.
"We'd best find her then and make sure she's ok." She grabbed her bag and she and the others split up to look for their outer friend.
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Haruka pulled up at the very large, flashy hotel and climbed out handing the valet her keys.
After informing him in no uncertain terms that anything happening to her car would result in his death in a very long and painful manner she pulled her bag from the boot and headed inside.
She collected her room key from the lady at the reception desk and made her way upstairs to freshen up. Opening the door she found her room to be rather large and open.
One room contained a large, white, corner couch decorated with several small cushions in a deep blue hue.
The room adjoining contained the kitchen and a large dining table. Through the door to the left she found her very large, king sized bed beautifully made with silk, sapphire sheets and a large white bed spread of a very soft cotton.
Adjoining this room through a door was the bathroom and after leaving her bag on her bed she made her way in there to check on her reflection.
She ran her hands through her short, blonde hair thanking whoever was listening that she'd decided to cut it short after leaving her family home. It was so much easier to do now, than it had been when she was younger and her parents insisted on it being as long as it could get.
She shuddered slightly at the memory of her parents and quickly pushed it aside making her way back in to the other room. She opened her bag and pulled out her phone and wallet.
After securing them in the pockets of her long, pale blue jacket she returned to the bathroom for one last look at her reflection. The mirror above the vanity was long, almost taking up the entire wall. Next to it was another mirror spanning from the roof to the floor giving the occupant a better overall view.
She moved to the second mirror and looked herself over from top to toe. She wasn't a vain person, at least not overly so. She did like to look her best no matter where she went though, a trait she and Michiru shared. She smiled at the thought of her love.
She'd only been away from her for a couple of hours but she already missed her. She chuckled to herself and shook her head disapprovingly at her reflection.
'Don't be such a baby' she chastised herself laughingly 'you'll se her soon'. She took one more look at her reflection and satisfied, made her way toward the door.
She turned the handle, pulled it open and stopped as a feeling if intense nausea hit her stomach. She leant against the door frame and began to breathe slowly. What was wrong with her? She was feeling fine up until then. Maybe she was coming down with something but she'd never felt quite this sick before.
A voice calling her name from down the corridor drew her attention to her manager who was swiftly making his way towards her. The middle aged man with short sandy hair and large blue eyes ran up to her and stopped short when he saw the look on her face.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"I'm just feeling a little ill" she replied.
"Are you going to be okay to come down to the gathering we're having downstairs?" he asked concern showing clearly in his tone. Haruka smiled at him and nodded.
"I'm starting to feel a little better now thank you Robert, I should be fine" Her manager nodded and waited patiently as she pushed away from the wall and straightened up. She took a deep breath and turned to address him.
"Let's not keep them waiting then" He nodded and walked with her to the lift still looking very concerned. They reached the lift and he pushed the button for down.
She really didn't want to go anywhere all she really wanted to do was go back to her room and call Michiru but why she didn't know. Obviously Michiru was almost always with her but for some reason that was bothering her more than she'd expected it to.
Perhaps it was just because she wasn't feeling the best and since she didn't usually get sick it left her feeling vulnerable and she didn't like that. She shook herself mentally and pushed her attention to matters at hand.
She was here to meet a potential sponsor and she had to be charming if she wanted to win them over. The lift arrived at their floor and they climbed on.
All the way down Haruka mentally prepared herself for possibly one of the most important meetings of her life and when they finally reached the floor they needed Haruka was her usual self.
All smiles and charm on the outside and mental steel on the inside while at the very back of her mind the sick feeling lurked like a monster reminding her continually of it's presence.
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Minako, Makoto and Ami met back at their table after at the end of lunch.
"I couldn't find her" Minako panted leaning against the table while her breathing returned to normal.
"Neither could I" Makoto added turning her attention to Ami who shook her head.
"Where could she have gone?" Makoto asked.
"Maybe she saw the article and went home" Ami suggested.
"It's possible." Minako decided looking thoughtful. "I know I wouldn't want to be at school if there was something like that going around about me."
"Perhaps we should try calling her" Ami suggested. The other two nodded and they made their way to a quiet place so they could use Minako's phone.
They called and waited and got the machine. Minako dialled again but the result was the same. She then tried Michiru's mobile but again there was no answer.
"Maybe she just doesn't want to talk to anyone" Makoto suggested.
"Maybe" Minako agreed.
"Our communicators aren't on the same frequency so we can't try that but maybe we could get a hold of Hotaru and ask her to try" Ami thought aloud. "I mean I know it's not an emergency but I want to know if she's safe."
Agreeing wholeheartedly Minako pulled out her phone again. She found the number for Hotaru's school and called. She was passed between several people before she managed to get a hold of Hotaru and told her what had happened. Hotaru agreed to try calling her mother and hung up.
"All we can do is wait now" Minako stated leaning against the wall and staring off into the distance hoping Michiru was all right.
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Jennifer sat up in a tree on the oval where she could see all the students moving about their respective sporting activities.
Lunch was nearly over and she was supposed to be heading up to her English lesson soon. But who cares this was the best seat in the world. There was a group of boys playing a very entertaining game of soccer.
They were all running around in little shorts and tight shirts looking cute. But that wasn't the reason she liked the spot so much. Rather it was the fact that right below her tree sat a group of girls paying out the ocean soldier in ways she'd never have thought of.
She sighed happily to herself today was a good day. When Haruka saw that article she would be so embarrassed to be around the aqua haired pain in the backside that she'd drop her in a second and Jennifer would be there waiting to cheer her up. Oh what an exciting thought this was.
"Well well well aren't you a glowing vision of happiness today" That sibilant male voice she hadn't heard it in weeks. "And well why wouldn't you be that was a lovely plan my dear you are to be congratulated" Jennifer smiled smugly to herself.
'Well thank you. I'm pretty happy with it myself.'
"Well of course you are that was a stroke of pure genius. Pretty and smart my you are a wondrous creature"
'And you definitely know how to sweet talk someone don't you?'
"I have a talent I'm told. However as much as I'd like to be here all day trading pleasant banter with you that's not what I popped by for."
'Well then what did you want now Mr I have no name?' The voice in her head laughed
"Creative. Actually I have an idea for you if you want to listen"
'Ok listening won't hurt me. But make it quick the conversation going on underneath me is priceless'
"Very well It's about that Neptune girl actually" Jennifer sat up on the branch then.
'Ok you've got my attention, what about her?'
"Well you've certainly got her upset right now. So upset that all she can think about are her parents and how hard done by she is. We can use that to our advantage."
'Our advantage?' she asked
"Well yes actually. I told you I wanted revenge and I told you I wanted to help you. This would be a token gesture to show you some of what I'm capable of should you choose to accept my help."
'Very well go on'
"There is a spell I know of. One that would maker her revert back in to her younger self and forget everyone she's met since."
'Younger? how much younger?'
"Before she met the Uranus girl younger. Back to the day her parents kicked her out and left her homeless younger. She'll forget everything that's happened between then and now Her partner, her daughter everything"
'If you're capable of doing that why haven't you done it before?'
"The mind must be vulnerable, malleable I can only do it now because she is so upset and weak."
'I see. And this is just a token right? I'm not agreeing to anything until I see how this goes.'
"As earlier stated" She thought for a moment more before deciding.
'All right do it. I want to see your work'
"Very well beautiful lady." And again he was gone.
Jennifer sat there in thought for a few moments. She hadn't agreed to anything yet just a demonstration and she was definitely eager to see how he worked.
She sat back against the tree trunk. In fact something was different this time. She hadn't been afraid of him at all like she had been earlier.
Perhaps she was just being cautious the first time and now she was starting to trust him a little more like you do when you get to know someone better.
Her mind began to wander off and she started to wonder what he looked like. Was he attractive? Dark? Tall? Mentally she slapped herself.
He didn't have a body yet so he didn't look like anything. Well that was fine. If she did agree to their bargain she'd pick out the perfect body for him and he could look any way she wanted him to.
They could make love wherever they wanted and…… She sat up straight again. What was she thinking? Haruka was the one she wanted she didn't even know this man.
That line of thought was starting to disturb her so instead she turned her attention to Michiru and what he was going to do to her. She started to imagine how Haruka would react to Michiru's blank stare.
What about Michiru? Would she be a crying mess? Oh the possibilities were just too delicious.
She should really go and find Michiru so she could watch her go nuts in front of everyone. And Haruka so she could watch her reaction. She'd just decided to jump out of her hiding place and go searching for them when a piece of the conversation below her caught her attention.
"….and did you hear Michiru's already gone home Melanie said she saw her running away from the school crying."
"And Haruka isn't even at school today. Apperently she's off somewhere doing something racey so the silly lesbo didn't even have a friend here to back her up"
"Oh I would have loved to be there when she found out it must have…." The rest of the conversation continued below her but she wasn't listening anymore. Damn she couldn't go and watch that just wasn't fair.
What else could she do? Then a thought occurred to her. The others must know where she is surely one of them could fill Jennifer in.
The girls screamed as if they'd seen a monster as she jumped out of the tree landing in the middle of their little giggling group. She ignored them and ran towards the school buildings to find the inner senshi.
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Michiru stepped out of the cab and looked around her. The look out was deserted just as it had been the day before when she'd come here with Haruka. She paid the driver and walked out to look over the ocean.
It was a lovely view as always and she wished Haruka could be there to see it with her. Tears pricked at her eyes again at the thought of her lover. Michiru wished Haruka were there right now to hold her and tell her everything would be okay.
But she wasn't there, she was far away in an important meeting with sponsors and Michiru couldn't interrupt something so vital to Haruka's dream.
Even if she could have there was another part of her that didn't want anyone to be there right now. She was so ashamed and the thought of facing anyone at the moment was daunting to her.
Her mind flew back to that day with her father and the tears became a flood. Why? Why had it happened that way? Why couldn't they just love her for the way she was? Why hadn't they loved her before they found out?
She thought about all the times she'd tried to impress her father over the years. Every time he'd just walk away as if all her work had been for nothing and still she'd kept trying.
They had lived for the first 15 years of her life in Australia and she liked it there. Her mother's family were all there and Raine. Thoughts of Raine made her sob even more.
Then they'd taken her away from all of it. All of her family, all of her friends. Her entire life had been there and they'd ripped her away from it just so her father could return to the place of his birth and find someone to marry her off to.
Michiru had never wanted to come here. The place was so small and there were so many people.
Australia was so different in comparison. It was so big, and there were less people and more space. Not to mention if you ever wanted to visit the ocean it was usually only a few hours drive to get there if even that.
Unless you lived in the very centre and it was mainly desert so not many people did.
It was a fair deal hotter but Michiru enjoyed the heat and the culture was so diverse it was wonderful.
But they'd brought her here away from everything she'd ever known and after only a few weeks of being in Japan they'd kicked her out.
She had been all alone with nowhere to go and no one to turn to. She'd never been more frightened in her life and they didn't care. She closed her eyes and leant her head on her arms. Why couldn't they just love her?
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He watched her standing by the rail sobbing her pathetic little eyes out. He laughed to himself, never had he thought he'd get this kind of luck.
His last defeat at the hands of these people had left him drained but he'd stuck around their little planet waiting for his opportunity to get revenge and look what had happened.
Sailor Moon had handed it to him on a platter, the perfect person to help him get what he wanted and what a specimen she was. His strength was growing by the minute thanks to all the negative emotions swirling around these soldiers like a delicious banquet..
Hatred and fear were on the top of his list and thanks to Jennifer there was more of that around than ever before. He smiled at Michiru gleefully.
This ocean girl had been a real feast over the last few months. Every moment she was emitting a different emotion he could feed on. Now was another brilliant opportunity and very soon his little curse was going to bring out even more tasty morsels.
Pulling all his strength together he spoke the words he knew so well and launched his power toward the unsuspecting water soldier. He saw her sway slightly before dropping to the ground motionless save for her breathing.
An evil laugh rang through the mountain as he thought of the consequences of what he'd done. Finally his revenge was close at hand and in the mean time helping Jennifer rip the sailor soldiers apart was going to be the greatest joy of his existence.
Sighing happily he sat back watching and waiting for the others to find her with practiced patience.
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Hotaru was showing Chibiusa the school grounds when one of the students came running up to tell her she had a phone call. She made her way quickly to the office with Chibiusa close behind her.
She finished talking to Minako and quickly made her way out of the office to find a quiet place away from wandering eyes. She pulled out her communicator and pressed the button to summon Michiru.
The first time gleaned no response so she tried again. Still nothing. Hotaru started to panic, where was Michiru? Why wasn't she answering? She always answered expecting it to be an emergency.
Choiceless and with no idea what else to do Hotaru did the only thing she could think of.
Pulling her phone from her bag she dialled information and asked for the hotel her papa was staying at.
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Haruka was standing in the centre of a group of sponsors making pleasant conversation and laughing at bad jokes when the five minute warning was sounded for lunch.
She'd been dreading lunch since she left her hotel room earlier that day. There was no way she was going to be able to stomach food, that sick feeling hadn't lessened at all since she'd walked out of the lift. If anything it had gotten progressively worse as the day wore on.
The sponsors began making their way towards the dining room and she excused herself on the pretence of washing her hands. Safe in the rest room she splashed her face with some water and dried it off with the paper towel from the dispenser.
She turned to check her reflection quickly and suddenly the pain hit her again. She fell to her knees holding her hand against her stomach.
What was wrong with her? Why was she feeling so sick? Why was her mind screaming Michiru's name? She couldn't be addicted to the other woman could she? Surely that was impossible.
She closed her eyes and breathed slowly in and out until she had the pain under control. Soon today would be over and she'd be back home with her love. She reassured herself of this over and over again until it rang through her head like a mantra. Then she stood up and fixed her jacket before leaving the room.
She found the large group of men waiting outside the dining room when she returned.
Her manager was standing over to one side with Mr Hiroshi the owner of one of the biggest software companies in the world. It was he who had the interest in motor racing she'd been informed and coincidently due to his position it was he who would decide whether she was worthy of receiving sponsorship or not.
Knowing this she headed towards the pair and excused herself bowing politely. It was the first time she'd managed to catch a second with the man and from original introductions he appeared very serious and stern.
She was just catching up on the conversation when a member of the hotel staff ran up to her and bowed politely.
"Tenoh San" She held out a small round tray with a cordless phone resting on it's top.
"Miss we are in the middle of a very important meeting right now and the hotel staff was informed upon our arrival that we were not to be disturbed"
Haruka placed a gentle hand on Robert's arm. She knew he was desperate for this meeting to go well but there was no need to be rude.
"I know sir and I would not have however the phone call is from Tenoh san's daughter and she says it's incredibly urgent". Haruka's skin lost all it's colour and she swiped the phone from the top of the tray.
"Hotaru honey what is it? What's wrong?"
"Papa I can't find Michiru mama, she's missing."
"What do you mean missing?" Haruka asked
"Something bad happened at school today and she left and she's gone and she won't answer her phone or her communicator and nobody knows where she's gone." Hotaru replied rushing through the sentence as quickly as she could. Haruka felt panic beginning to take hold and she did everything she could to keep it at bay.
"Papa what should I do?" Haruka took a deep breath knowing Hotaru must be even more frightened than her and not wanting to upset her anymore.
"Honey go to the hight school, find the others and start looking for her I'll be there as soon as I can."
"Okay papa drive safely please."
"I will sweet heart I promise" She hung up the phone and turned to look at Mr Hiroshi. It seemed her dreams were going to have to wait again but none of that mattered to her right now.
"I'm sorry sir I…."
"You don't need to explain yourself to me young one. I had no idea you had a daughter until now but that doesn't change the fact that family is family and it must take priority over everything else."
He moved forward and gripped her shoulders firmly. "It was a delight to meet you and it will be an honour to sponsor you in your racing endeavours. Now go quickly and drive carefully I don't want you damaging yourself before your first race with us" Haruka thanked him sincerely and ran toward the hotel lobby.
"Please let her be all right" she begged sending out her wishes to the universe. "Please let Michiru be all right"
I hope you enjoyed the chapter I will endeavor to bring you more soon. Please review and let me know what you think. I did some things a little out of character with Minako and Michiru this chapter since everyone loved Chibiusa's little scene in chapter 3 so let me know if you enjoyed it or if it was too much. Thanks
Amethyst