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Moon Cats

Chapter 17

"Um... Can we talk about all this later?" Artemis asked. "You know how we feel about our secret, Hibuki."

"Fine." The cop, who had come closer to the two cats, as well as Minako and Sailor Moon, to prevent them from being over heard. "Where should you, these girls, and I meet?"

Sailor Moon opened her mouth, intending to deny connection to the 'civilians', but was stopped by a raised hand. "Sailor Moon, I've known about Luna and Artemis for some time now. I also remember pulling over a van with five girls in it, along with my favorite Magical cats. Three of those girls, and two of the original five Sailor Scouts are here. I can do math, Sailor Moon."

"Well shoot." Usagi, aka Sailor Moon, muttered. She chose to ignore his slightly condescending use of "Scouts" instead of "Senshi".

"I was already figuring it out." Hibuki blinked. "Wait... Luna. Koneko isn't..."

"No, Koneko isn't a Sailor. We've already 'found' all of them." She answered, shifting the girl to another arm. For her part Koneko was just enjoying looking at the two Senshi in the room.

"Good. Detective Shimaka would skin us all if she were!" The cop chuckled. "Now, Moon and Mercury had better disappear mysteriously like usual."

"Right."

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"How do you like your accommodations, Little Sister?"

Reika looked up from the uncomfortable cot that her gloating brother had tossed her onto an hour and a half ago. "Crappy."

"Crappy? Father would be shocked at your language."

"I won't make you more weapons, Akuma. You can forget about it right now."

"Not in the mood to sculpt? That's all right, because I've done a little reading!" The Yakuza Prince held up an aged leather book. "Seems you don't have to make the statue you animate, just imprint your power into it while it 'dries'." He walked over to a window, the cell his sister being in having once been a warehouse office.

Reika gasped when he tapped on the window and the blinds outside went up. The floor held rows of clay soldiers, replicas of the ones found in china.

"They are plaster, admittedly, and not clay, but still wet enough to animate if I read right. And you WILL animate them!"

He reached into a pocket and pulled out a revolver. "You will start now."

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Several hours later, Sgt. Hibuki entered the Cherry Hill temple. Rei greeted him at the top of the stairs. "Come this way."

She led him to where the Senshi and the two cat advisors waited. Luna had had to hurry Koneko home, and was out of breath. Both her and Artemis were in cat form.

"Man Hibuki, that didn't take long!"

The now off duty cop shrugged. "That many unconscious Yaks, and the Organized Crime Task Force was all over it. They just took a statement from me, then took control of the scene."

"Lucky!"

"Yeah." Hibuki looked over the crowded room, sitting on a cushion like the girls. "So, which is which? I should be able to guess, but I can't!"

"That would be because of the 'Disguise field'." Luna informed him. "It helps protect them."

"Well, since I know they are the Sailors, I might as well know which sailor is which."
Usagi nodded. "I'm Usagi Tsukino, aka Sailor Moon."

"And I am Ami Mizuno, aka Sailor Mercury."

"I'm Minako Aino, and I'm both Sailor Venus and Sailor V."

"The O.C.T.F. misses you young lady! I hope for their sakes, you will be back to the crook thumping days."

"We might be. I'm Rei Hino, or Sailor Mars."

"Not that I object, but why?" Makoto asked. "Oh, I'm Jupiter... Makoto Kino."

"First off, because these Yakuza have magic. Secondly, to keep our edges."

"And third, so we get our own movies." Usagi said, grinning.

The Cats, Senshi, and cop stared at the moon princes. "Okay, it's not a reason to do it, but it's a potential perk."

"Right, Meatball head." A male voice said from the door. "Hello Sarge. How'd you get Luna and Artemis to let you in on this?"

"Yakuza and monster fight in an ice cream parlor. Found Sailor Moon and Mercury, with my favorite white trouble magnet. How do you fit in?"

"I am NOT a trouble Magnet!"

"What about the Gaki?"

"Bad luck."

"And those bank robbers?"

"I was merely a witness!"

"Purse Snatcher?"

"Right place, wrong time!"

The Senshi, and Luna, were by this point staring at the white cat.

"The first Golem thing, while on a DATE with Luna."

"Bad luck again!"

"And the Parlor?"

"You've made your point!"

"Who, or what, is the Gaki?" Minako asked, starting at the beginning.

"Ah. The reason I first met Arty here. Well it all started..."

(You want the whole story, go see When the Senshi's Away, the Cats Will Play.)

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"Only one more, Reika-chan." Akuma sing songed, holding an exhausted Reika up by the elbow.

"I can't, Akuma. I don't have the energy!"

"You did forty-nine, you can do one more!"

"It's not that easy! If you want that last one active, do it yourself!" She was to exhausted to care about his gun or threats.

"Okay, I will!"

Reika watched as her brother slowly duplicated the chant she herself had used. She gasped as she felt the energy actually fill the statue. Her gasp turned to laughter as the Chinese warrior statue moved a little, and then exploded into dust.

"Iri... Take Reika to her room, please." Akuma muttered, dusting himself off.

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"And after my wife patched them up, we chatted." Hibuki finished. "Now how are you involved in this again, Mamoru?"

"I'm Tuxedo Mask."

"Okay. Where you been?"

"Research project in Kobe."

"Sgt. Hibuki... I was wondering why you were so okay with all this." Ami asked. "We have always thought the police would object to us."

"I do! You lady's should be worried about grades and boyfriends, not monsters! However, I live in reality and I know I can't fight them. You can!"

"I understand."

"Good, because if any of you start taking stupid chances, I'll personally bust your butts, got me?"

"Yes Sir!" The girls responded.

"Good. Now do you want to tell me where your powers come from?"

"It's a long story."

"My wife's working late."

Usagi shrugged. "Long ago there was a Moon Kingdom."

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Patrolman Kei Kounichi sighed. He had somehow gotten stuck with desk duty. Simply put, he was bored.

He didn't even look up from the report he was finishing when the door chime sounded. "Have a seat, I'll be with you in a..."

He didn't finish the sentence as a plaster and magic spear drove through his chest. Looking up, his last sight was of a ghostly white man, in ancient armor.

He was only the first to die.

AN: Why did Reika not kill her brother using the Golems? Simple answer being she didn't think of it. While Akuma is an evil bastard she isn't, so killing her brother is not her instinct. Family ain't logical, is it.