Note: I in no way support the use of fake id's or riding motorcycles with out helmets. Please abide by the rules and always keep safety in mind. Thank you.

Episode 7: A New Kind of Race Track. Run for Your Life Sailor Uranus!

Haruka flew by yet another opponent. Her thirst for speed was even greater today. She was trying desperately to forget about the situation with Pluto. However no matter how fast she went she was unable to outrun her thoughts. Even as she pulled into the lead all she could think about was how she had let Setsuna down, and how Setsuna might be dead.

"And the winner is Tenou Haruka!"

"Yeah! Way to go Haruka!" Haruka smiled as she heard Michiru's voice over all of the other screaming spectators. She pulled of her helmet and glanced over to the sidelines where she spotted Michiru waving and cheering for her. Haruka gave her partner a little wave before proceeding to the winner's circle.

After the prizes had been awarded, Haruka ran over to greet her friend. "Konichi wa Michiru."

"Konichi wa Haruka! You did a great job!"

"Yeah, you really flew like the wind." Haruka glanced over Michiru's shoulder and Michiru spun around to find Nichirin with a very amused look on her face. "What they say is true. You really are a pro, which is why I came to challenge you to a race."

"You want to challenge Haruka to a motorcycle race?" Michiru couldn't hide the disbelief in her voice. Haruka was a pro, she'd never even see Nichirin in a race!

"Yeah, I'm in to motorcycle racing myself. I'm not as fast as you but on my playing field it takes more than pure speed."

"You're playing field?" Haruka was skeptical.

"Yeah you know, Devil's Lane, dead man's curve and the likes."

"Devil's Lane!?" Haruka and Michiru screeched simultaneously

"Yeah, think you can handle it?"

"Well...uh..."

"Come on! It'll be fun."

"Well...I...."

"scared?"

Haruka paused, then smirked, "iie, I'll be there."

"Haruka!"

"Great, oh and I'll be going to some clubs beforehand, Michiru-san you're also free to come if you want. Then we can drop you off before the race. Sound good?"

"Sure, I'm in, Michiru?"

Michiru glared at Haruka, she was not in favor of this idea. Michiru knew Haruka had only agreed because she needed the distraction. //Then again I could use the distraction myself//. Also somewhere deep inside her a voice was arguing that it would be fun. Michiru finally admitted defeat, "fine!" she said in an exasperated tone, "but how are we supposed to get in?!"

"Don't worry, I've got it covered I'll meet you at the Crown Center at eight! Dress sexy!" She stressed the final comment with a wink. Haruka returned the wink and as Nichirin sauntered off she grinned at Michiru, who returned the grin with a glare.

"Jealous?" Haruka teased.

Michiru fumed, "I just don't get it! First you're suspecting that this girl may be an enemy, and now you two are acting like long lost best friends AND you are going racing in a dangerous neighborhood!"

"Well I guess I feel the need for a new challenge and I'm intrigued. Besides she seems nice enough, I have a hunch that she isn't our enemy."

Michiru was dumbfounded, "who are you and what have you done with Haruka?" Haruka stared at her for a while before she burst out laughing.

"Hey you said I need to learn to be more trusting of people."

"Hmph! You just can't say no to a bishoujo can you?"

"So you are jealous!" Michiru growled and stamped her foot on Haruka's before stalking off. Haruka grabbed her foot, "Itai!" Haruka exclaimed but she kept laughing harder until tears began to spill from her eyes.

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Haruka and Michiru had been waiting at the crown game center for awhile. Haruka leaned her back against her motorcycle. Michiru sighed and glanced at her watch for the fiftieth time while she tapped her foot impatiently. "She's twenty minutes late, I wonder what's taking her." Michiru stated, she was actually worried for her new friend. Haruka had been right before, she was jealous, in actuality she thought Nichirin was lots of fun and was looking forward to going clubbing. She had no clue what had caused her behavior earlier, but Haruka told her not to worry about it, sometimes Michiru felt as if Haruka understood her better than she did.

"Yeah, but I'm sure she'll be here."

As if on cue Nichirin pulled up on her motorcycle. "Konban wa, gomen I'm late! I had to sneak out. My sister doesn't really approve of my attending these races."

"No problem bishoujo. Demo...uh...aren't you forgetting something?" Haruka looked at her strangely.

"Iie I don't think so, doshite?"

"What I think that Haruka means is that, where's your helmet?" Michiru offered.

Nichirin stared at the pair blankly for a moment before she burst out laughing, "Oh yeah...that! I've never liked helmets much, they make me look like a baka," Haruka and Michiru sweatdropped. "Also it earns me some respect."

Michiru snorted, "among whom? Convicts! Besides, isn't that dangerous?"

"Iie, among the other riders. And yes it is dangerous, but considering my size, and the fact that I'm a girl, I need all the respect I can get."

"Well then I guess when we're racing, I'll also go helmetless, but as for right now I'll play it safe." Haruka was putting on her own helmet to demonstrate her statement. Then she handed another helmet to Michiru who gave her a mock glare. Haruka winked at Michiru and Michiru's face softened. She never could stay mad at Haruka for long.

"All right, here we go!" Nichirin said as she started up her engine. Michiru put on her helmet and hopped on the back of Haruka's motorcycle. Nichirin entered the busy Tokyo streets with ease before gunning her engine and speeding off. Haruka and Michiru followed closely behind.

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When the trio arrived at the club Europa, Nichirin presented Haruka and Michiru with brand new fake ID's. "So you're positive that this will work?" Haruka questioned.

"Sure! They might not even card you cause I come here all the time. Besides, like half of the people in there are underage so it's no biggie." Nichirin waved her hand as if to brush away the question, then she turned on her heel and strutted boldly towards the front of the very long line. Haruka and Michiru glanced at each other, shrugged, and followed the petite rebel. "Konban wa, Dave!" Nichirin greeted the bouncer.

"Konbon wa Nichirin-san, I see you brought a bishoujo with you." the bouncer winked at Michiru. Then the large black haired man spotted an unhappy Haruka and smiled, "you better keep an eye on her man, or some guy will try to steal her from you." Haruka, Michiru, and Nichirin all snickered. Dave frowned, obviously not understanding the joke but he dismissed it and pulled back the rope, granting the group admittance. The people in the line either groaned or started to curse. The group bid farewell to Dave and entered the club.

"He thought your were a boy!" Nichirin commented, still laughing.

"Most people do!" Haruka stated, shaking her head.

"Well you can use that to your advantage, people here are a lot less likely to bother a guy...but I wouldn't put it past them." Nichirin winked indicating what she had meant by that statement. Haruka and Michiru's eyes went wide as saucers and then they howled with laughter. When everyone finally recovered they took in their surroundings. Techno music blasted from the speakers as the throng danced. Multi- colored lights pulsated through the darkened club.

"Wow," Michiru spoke.

"There is a lot of people here, I can't believe that the bouncer didn't even ask for our I.D.!" Haruka exclaimed.

"It pays to have connections," Nichirin replied smugly before she took on a more instructional tone, "now first off, if you get a drink do not take your eyes off it for a SECOND, even when its being made make sure you ALWAYS have your eyes on it."

"Doshite?" Michiru inquired.

"Someone might try to slip dugs in it," Nichirin replied simply. Haruka and Michiru glanced around suspiciously. "Second, don't make eye contact with anyone that seems the least bit threatening," Haruka and Michiru stopped looking around, "Always stay with a group, and don't use the bathrooms unless you absolutely have to. Finally, you may have to stand up for yourself. If you have problems get me, but you two seem pretty strong, so I don't think that will be a problem. Alright! Let's go have fun!" Nichirin concluded leaving Haruka and Michiru very dizzy.

They quickly found some other kids from school and danced to the enchanting music. Everyone was having a great time. Haruka and Michiru had never really talked to Nichirin's friends before, but they were very nice to them, a little crass maybe, but nice. The pair had some moves but Nichirin and her friends were REALLY good, especially Nichirin. A few of them, including Nichirin did some break dancing to one of the songs. Then some large, muscular, and perverted guy came up and started to bug Nichirin. Haruka saw this and went to help her but Nichirin waved her hand, calling her off. The guy advanced on Nichirin but she grabbed his arm and slammed him on to the floor. Then she went back to dancing as if nothing had happened.

Haruka and Michiru gaped, "That guy was like 10 times her size!" Michiru cried.

"She's really strong," noted Haruka. //Maybe I was right before...maybe she is the enemy! How else could she be so strong for her size?!// Haruka scowled before dismissing the thought, and decided not to tell Michiru about her brief suspicion.

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Nichirin and Haruka had just arrived at Devil's Lane after dropping Michiru off. Three burly men approached them menacingly. "Well, well, if it isn't Chibi-Nichi." one men started.

"Konban wa Jackie." Nichirin replied teasingly.

'Jackie' growled at her, "you better leave if you know what's good for you! And take your little friend with you!"

"Ooo I'm soooooo scared," Nichirin retorted.

'Jackie' lunged at her, but a dark skinned man held him back. "Now Jack, lets be sporting, she's just a girl after all, she'll never survive this course. I heard its real tough, even we might not make it." With that the three men trudged off to prepare for the race.

Haruka scowled, she didn't like this. //Those guys are up to something.// She had seen the ebony skinned man wink, and judging by Nichirin's expression, so had she. Haruka gave a bitter smile, //she obviously had bruised their egos so they want to get rid of her, I know ALL about that...//

"Well we better get to the starting line, don't worry about those creeps." Haruka jumped as she was suddenly dragged from her reverie. "Oh yeah, and watch out for traps, there's always a few around and it seems as if they're planning something big."

"Traps?"

"Yeah, like bombs, wires, spikes, those sort of things. don't worry though, just follow my lead." Nichirin gave Haruka and encouraging smile as they took their places.

"Ready?" An 'announcer' spoke. Engines revved. "Go!" A bullet went off signifying the beginning of the race. Motorcycles sped off, with Nichirin and Haruka in the lead.

From an alleyway a dark figure watched. A deep, yet feminine voice spoke, "there's my next target, Tenou Haruka, or should I say, Sailor Uranus."

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Haruka was quite impressed with Nichirin's skills. She could have passed Nichirin, but Nichirin was still faster than most of the racers that she's competed against. Haruka also knew that Nichirin was also holding back, looking for traps. There were many obstacles that the two had passed through with ease, once Haruka had gotten the hang of it, but Haruka could feel the danger in the air it was so thick. The other racers were so far behind that Haruka couldn't even see them anymore. For some reason this fact disturbed Haruka. Suddenly Haruka was sucked back into reality as she saw Nichirin signaling for her to stop. Haruka stopped like a real pro and ran over to see what was the problem. "What's wrong?"

"A section of the bridge down the road has been blown up!" Nichirin responded sounding very irritated.

Haruka squinted her eyes down the long road but couldn't see a blown up section. "I guess I'll just have to take you're word for it. I don't see anything."

"Yeah, well it's really far down the road!" Nichirin snapped.

"Is something else wrong?" Haruka inquired.

"Oh, sorry, it's just that those baka's aren't clever enough or resourceful enough to pull that off! I wonder who could have done this!"

Suddenly the a loud crash, Nichirin's question was answered in the form of a black monster. The monster was closing in leaving destruction in it's wake. It was maybe eight feet tall and powerfully 'built'. "Hop on!" Nichirin commanded. Haruka obeyed and Nichirin drove away as fast as she could.

"What do we do when we get to the break in the bridge!" Haruka shouted.

"I don't know...ummm...jump! All I know is we have to get away from that monster." //If only I could transform...then I could show that monster a thing or two.//

"Right." //If only I could transform...then I could show that monster a thing or two.// The motorcycle was going so fast that it was almost a blur //damn we're going fast.// Finally they were nearing the break in the bridge. //This is so far away! How could she have seen this!// Nichirin began to accelerate so that they would have enough momentum to make the jump but suddenly the monster rose up from the break in the bridge. The bike screeched to a halt with the two miraculously keeping their balance. "Okay, that thing can swim..." Haruka began.

"Really, really, fast." Nichirin finished.

The monster approached them leisurely, just to mock them. Haruka glared daggers at the monster and she hopped of the motorcycle. //That's it, I won't have my soul being stolen by that cocky monster!// "Uranus Crystal Power, Make-up!" There was a gold flash of light and then SuperSailoruranus appeared. Nichirin gaped at her before grinning smugly. "Uranus World Shaking!" Sailoruranus's attack blasted the monster and injured it. //K'so, how am I going to explain this!//

"I knew it! You are Sailoruranus and Michiru-chan is Sailorneptune!" Nichirin exclaimed from behind. Haruka turned around and stared in disbelief at the now standing Nichirin who had a satisfied grin on her face. "I guess its only fitting that the first one I find is my first pupil!"

"What?...How?...Who?..." Uranus stuttered. //Oh crap, what if she IS the enemy, and I just revealed my identity to her!// Sailor Uranus began to panic but then Nichirin pulled a familiar looking locket from the pocket of her leather jacket...the locket belonging to SuperSailorsun!

"Sun Crystal Power!" Nichirin called. Haruka couldn't move, she could only stare in shock as she watched Nichirin transform into SuperSailorsun.

//I knew there was something special about her!// Uranus thought in awe.

Finally SuperSailorsun appeared before her, "Uranus-chan, I am SuperSailorsun, I am the one who trained you, I am your mentor." Uranus just nodded dumbly and Nichirin smirked, "I'll explain it all later, but right now we have other problems." Uranus spun around and indeed the monster was starting to recover. The monster lunged at Uranus in a speed that no human eye could see. "Uranus-chan look out!" The monster grabbed Uranus, but didn't steal her soul. "Sun Life Flow!" A stream of multicolored light hit the monster square in the forehead. The monster flew back unconscious still clutching Sailor Uranus. It fell back into the break in the bridge. "Uranus-chan!"

"Help!" Sun saw Uranus' fingers clutching onto the edge and she ran over. Uranus had gotten one of her arms free, but the unconscious monster was weighing her down. Sun started to pull Uranus up but then a black energy came from under the bridge and sucked her in. For some reason though it didn't suck in the monster. The monster fell as the black energy formed a marble sized ball and returned back under the bridge. The monster vanished.

"Iie!" Sun cried as she frantically peered under the bridge. There was nothing there. "IIEEEEEEEEE!" Sun shouted.

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"Hmph! Sailor Sun, or should I say SUPERSailorsun...or is it Jinnikuo Nichirin? Hmmm, I see you've gained new power to. No matter, I'll deal with you soon enough. It's true what they say.... Revenge IS sweet." The feminine voice cackled in the shadows as she held two black marbles into the light. One flashed black and scarlet, while the other navy and yellow.