Sorry it took so long to get this up... I had a bunch of chapters for this story and another one stored on a jump drive that busted. I lost all my writting.... And now I have to try and remember what all I had written... In re-reading the other chapters while trying to pick my train of thought with this, I noticed some typos... Truth is I'm just not that into edditing. I could really use a beta... more will follow, please bear with me and reviews DO help! Let me know what you're thinking!

Storm looked sideways at her roommate in a new light, after the shocking revelation of her mother in the last hour she suddenly realized that this obnoxious snot was her little sister… She sighed inwardly and rested her head on Tripp's shoulder. Elijah had come back to the room and looked around for Haruka.

"Hey, where's Haruka? She in the can or did she split on me? She doesn't have to do it if she really feels that strongly." He stated shaking his head.

"She left, she was exhausted." Aiko supplied quietly. Storm narrowed her eyes and huffed loudly.

"Excuse me, I don't believe you were being asked. This little revelation doesn't change anything with us. Princess or not, you don't have the right to move in on my boyfriend or answer for my family. Got it?" She stated fiercely. Aiko narrowed her eyes and her pulse was clearly visible in her neck. Leena tightened her grip on her lover.

"I got it. Don't worry I'm not the least bit interested in either of your boyfriends and I could care less about your family. I was just stating a fact. I could give two shits about these drifters that don't know what soap or decent clothing is. If you want to let two older men take advantage of you have at it sis; have a fucking blast." Aiko muttered in a fierce whisper. Storm's nostrils flaired with her anger.

"How dare you, how dare you waltz in here and think just because your some kind of diplomat that you know everything. You have no right you fancy know-it-all! Don't you dare put them down, just because you're jealous of me." Aiko actually laughed and Elijah and Tripp stepped in unison beside Storm, ready to hold her back.

"I'm not jelouse of you. I feel sorry for you." She stated drawing Leena up off of the bed with her as she stood and pulled her in for an earth shattering kiss. They had been more than discrete since being in a strange place but Aiko had had enough. She held Leena passionately against her and looked at Storm with actual pity. "I feel sorry for you because you have no idea what real love is. You will never experience what it's like to be the center of someone's universe or to be someone's one and only. You don't think you deserve that and it saddens me. I'm sick of this pathetic insecurity you keep projecting on me. I've never done a damn thing to you to deserve it. The hell of it is, your older. Your suppose to be the voice of reason. I can't imagine what kind of life you've had with that as an example but I wont be silent and let you verbally abuse me any longer. You better get a grip girl or you're going to be sorry." Aiko stated in a deathly silent tone. Leena put a hand on her chest to steady her friend.

"Is that a threat?" Storm asked in a similar tone as Elijah and Tripp each grabbed an arm.

"It's a promise." Aiko stated as she stepped back and they left the room. Once out in the hallway Leena looked deeply into Aiko's eyes.

"What are you planning my soldier of love?" She asked knowing full well Aiko had hidden power inside her.

"I'm not planning anything. I can sense the senshi gift in Storm. If she keeps letting her emotions run wild like that, she will draw it out and will most defiantly be sorry. Her power is explosive, I'm assuming based on what I know of our parents that she has Uranus abilities, and those are basically and electric thunder charge that is deafening. If she looses control she may well seriously injure who ever happens to be around her." Aiko explained. Leena nodded.

"Come to my room, let her cool down for awhile. You can help me with my music theory homework." Leena smiled warmly. Aiko returned it and followed although she'd doubt they'd get any studying done.

Inside the room Elijah and Tripp were doing their level best to calm Storm down. She finally relaxed after they both offered to kick her ass.

"Leave her alone. We won't stoop to her level or resort to violence. That would upset mother, she is my little sister after all." Storm stated angrily.

"Yah, what about that, how the hell is that possible… I mean you'd have to be blind no to see the resemblance but seriously… I didn't think Haruka knew who your father was." Elijah asked.

Storm and Tripp exchanged a glance and then Storm explained to him what Haruka had revealed though not in as much detail.

"Wow." He muttered running his hand through his hair. Storm nodded as did Tripp. They decided to actually do some work since no one felt like getting physical. Aiko didn't come back until much later and Storm was already asleep. She breathed a sigh of relief and slipped into bed herself. She was rudely awoke the next morning by Storm's cell phone's piercing ring.

"Shut that damn thing off." She growled rolling over and stuffing her head under the pillow.

Storm just rolled her eyes and answered.

"What's up?"

"Morning baby, you want to have breakfast, just you and me?" Haruka asked lightly.

"Yah sure mom, there's a great dinner near enough to walk. I'll meet you there; I just have to get ready." Storm stated hanging up after giving directions.

They met in front of the place twenty minutes later.

"We don't have to talk about anything if you don't want to." Haruka offered. Storm nodded. They went inside and sat in silence for a long while. After they'd placed their orders and had been brought their drinks Storm looked at Haruka.

"Why didn't you tell me about any of this before now?" Storm asked quietly.

"I don't really know storm-cloud. I suppose in my own way I thought I was protecting you, doing the right thing. It's such a confusing situation; I didn't think dragging you into it when you didn't consciously remember her was justifiable, especially given this country's views on homosexuality. If I didn't have to expose you to that kind of bigotry and general animosity I wasn't going to." Storm nodded.

"You did any way though. When you and that lady sponsor from the rival racing team hooked up, remember the tabloids had a field day, splashing that picture of you and her at that hotel all over the news. I remember the vile things they said about you." Storm stated. Haruka nodded.

"It's true; I'm really not interested in men at all. I don't even know why I kept after them… I suppose I was searching for something that I had lost. I was looking in all the wrong places. Storm I can't justify the things I've done. It all started out with the best intentions but you know what they say. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. I hope though that you have learned from my mistakes." Storm nodded silently.

"I try too." She mumbled as Haruka nodded. Their food arrived then and they ate mostly in silence.

Haruka's cell phone rang then. She wasn't familiar with the number but answered any way.

"Miss Tenoh?" A male's voice said on the other end.

"Yes this is she." Haruka stated quietly.

"My name is Wylde, Benjamin Wylde. I teach piano at the summer music program your daughter has been attending. I don't think I have to state how exclusive our program is or how lucky she is to be attending. I regret to inform you though that she has been skipping her piano lessons and neglecting her studies in musical theory. If she isn't going to take our course seriously we will have no choice but to dismiss her." The man sounded quite upset.

"Yes sir, I will certainly have a talk with her. Perhaps we should set up a conference to discuss the matter together?" Haruka asked. She hung up and gazed at Storm with a reproachful stare that Storm more than felt the full weight of. She hung her head as she had a good idea what the call had been about. "Well I suppose you have figured out that was your school on the phone. Your piano teacher is quite incensed that you have been skipping his class and neglecting music theory. It seems they are considering dismissing you from the program. You don't seem to be taking it seriously so I don't see any other course of action for them." Storm just sat stunned, she didn't think they'd dismiss her early from such a short program. "You don't have anything to say for yourself?" Haruka asked, clearly angry. Storm slouched her shoulders and shook her head. "You know Storm, this may be my fault but you don't seem to take anything seriously. I could look the other way when you decided to get involved with not one older man but two. You seemed to understand the risk involved with that. You've kept your grades up so I didn't see any problem in letting you continue with that. I can get past all of the odd hair colors and even though I don't like you dressing so revealing, I knew that you respected yourself enough to know that it wasn't really a problem. Perhaps I've made to many allowances for you. You are the one that wanted to do this music thing, you went after it behind my back and now that you get to the first step in actually having a career in it, you screw off in your classes and anger you teachers and just about throw it all away. I have to wonder what is going on inside your head. If you're having a problem you need to talk to me about it. I can't help you if you don't talk to me." Haruka stated. Storm regarded her mother silently.

"I don't know. I don't know why I skipped those classes. I know how serious those instructors are, even though I don't really want to play piano I know that because I signed up for it I had to go and do my best. I guess I just didn't really think they'd dismiss me early from such a short class."

"You have got to realize that there are consequences for your actions and sometimes they can be farther reaching than you ever dreamed. Trust me; I'm speaking from experience on that one." Storm just nodded. Haruka's phone rang just then. It was the schools secretary to make the meeting with Haruka. The only spot the piano teacher had opened for a conference was in three days. Haruka promised that she could make the appointment. She switched the phone off and regarded her daughter seriously. "How long have you neglected your piano practicing?" She asked.

"At least for the last six months or so." Storm shrugged.

"Storm, this is serious. I have a background and in music as does your mother, your other mother. She is quite an accomplished violinist. You chose this as a career but if you aren't willing to put the work, blood, sweat and tears into it that most artist are, you will never survive the industry. It can be a cold, unforgiving business and you need to be able to play, sing, write, produce and practically spout the history of your chosen genre to have a serious shot at fame. I don't really care if you play piano or not but you need to play something. Besides, there have been many studies that have proven that playing an instrument enhances the reasoning, critical thinking and creativity skills as well as math. You have three days to decide what you are going to do. Either choose a new instrument, take up piano again or you will be dismissed from the program and I will not help you one bit with a career in music. The ball is in your court Storm. It's time you to start acting your age." Storm just nodded silently. This was the second time in less than 24 hours she'd been told she was a childish ass, except this time it was her mother that was telling her and it hurt a lot more. Haruka's gaze softened as she sensed how upset she really was. "Why don't we go back to the school and perhaps I can help you with some of your homework or something? I need to pick up that music from Elijah anyhow." Haruka said in a much softer tone. Storm nodded. Ten minutes later they sat in a practice room at the school and Haruka was trying to help Storm catch up on the work she'd been missing in her Piano class. The problem was that the pieces that had been given to demonstrate the technique were really too difficult for the level Storm was at. Finally Haruka sighed and ran a hand through her hair.

"I'm sorry but I just don't get it, I am trying, really!" Storm huffed defensively.

"All right, I know what the problem is. This piece isn't really suited for your level; it's not suited the best to the technique either honestly. I know some better arrangements to demonstrate what he's trying to show you here." Haruka said placing her fingers on the keys. She started playing and Storm did seem to understand and when Haruka had her do it, she actually managed to get it right, as she did when Haruka changed it on her without telling her. Haruka nodded proudly and smiled at her. "See I knew you could do it. You're a smart kid and talented too. You just need to take yourself a little more seriously, all right?" Storm nodded and returned her mother's smile.

"Let's do something fun. Why don't you play me something from when you were famous?" She asked, actually interested. Haruka nodded after awhile and closed her eyes to call something to memory. Her fingers started moving over the keys and she played the first piece she'd ever played for Michiru. Out in the hall no one noticed Aiko standing just outside the door listening intently and watching through the glass.