Disclaimer: all rightly everyone repeat after me 'I do not own Sailor Moon or any sailor' I'm just gonna play a bit them but I promise to return them in time….*Evil*, cutting the crap we all know that Sailor moon and the sailor senshi belong to Naoko Takeuchi and we are glad of that aren't we?

Rating: This is NOT a lemon (yet…hehehe); this is just a piece of anguish and romance…about Haruka and Michiru…and Usagi….and someone else…

Yuri content: yep this is a Haruka and Michiru stuff, yes they are in love…yeah…with each other, nothing graphic on this fic….

Fighting Destiny

Chapter 4 "Uncertain Future"

Haruka congratulated the other two racers and they told her good luck for the final race. She went down the step and spotted a known face "Oikawa!" she shouted.

"I told you" he just answered smiling proudly.

She shocked her head "Who am I to say you are wrong" then she hugged him happily.

"Ughh you stink" he answered in his playful tone.

"Hey! Its champagne!" she defended herself, and then he hugged her in a fatherly way. "We have a lot to talk, wait me here ok?" she said and went with her team everyone slapped her hard in the back as an old tradition, and then everyone hugged her. She joked with them, and said that she needed to change, the team was disappointed they all wanted to go party "Maybe when I win the final" she answered with that so natural arrogant pride of hers.

"Baka!" the mechanic answered to her "If you drive again like today you'll be on ICU!" everyone laughed she shrugged her shoulders still grinning "but I will win anyway"

They arrived to a restaurant and ordered something light, they spent hours remembering today's race and old times.

"Ah Haruka today was great" the older man said.

"Yes it was…" she still had this stupid grin on her face she could not believe that she was in the final race.

"What the hell were you thinking when you sped on that turn?" he asked puzzled.

"To be honest…that I was going to crash" she chuckled a few times, the man irrupted in laughter.

"Damn bastard!" he answered still laughing, she as laughing too.

When both calmed down Oikawa asked "Haruka, will you be interested on racing in Europe?"

Her jaw dropped "wh-wh, what?"

He smiled "We both know that you are a great racer, you will win the next race for sure…so why not go to the big leagues and race there?" 

"Rea-really?" she was speechless.

"Of course! If you want I can be your sponsor" he offered it, she was loss at words, she knew that there she could race against better racers than here on Japan, there she could find more challenges and then she could truly be one of the bests, the offer was there she just needed to think about. 'If I go that would mean good bye to Japan, never come back here….why do you want to stay here? Michiru…She hates you, so why chaining yourself to a place just waiting for some miracle to happen…but I'm a senshi, and I need to be prepared if it's a problem…we know that enemies haven't appeared in a while…shut up! You gave up being a senshi, you no longer have your Henshin stick' her small mind battle ended.

"Can I think about it?"

"Of course Haruka, I know that this decision is very important for your life" he stood up "If you want to go call me, here is my card" she stood up "Are you leaving so soon?"

"Yes, but you haven't got over me yet!" he hugged her "Think about it"

"I will…" she said with honesty

"Congratulations, champion" then he left, she stayed sited there, and finally asked more liquor to drink. 'This will be a very difficult decision' she told herself while taking a drink of her glass 'If I go that would mean giving up Michiru…' her eyes stung a bit, she has never faced that possibility…in fact she wanted to think that someday she would forgive her and they could be happy again 'Face reality!' she shouted herself 'You have nothing certain!...the only thing you know is that Crystal Tokyo is going to be built in some centuries" she laughed bitterly at how ridiculous that should have sound, defeated she said quietly "and even there you don't know if Michiru is with you…" then it hit her of all the times they have talked with Setsuna she never mentioned a thing of them being together "Shit!" she coursed astonished.

"Setsuna tell me how good looking am I in the future, I mean in Crystal Tokyo?" Haruka asked with that annoying but charming grin, pouring some cereal on her bowl.

           

Setsuna however, got quiet all the playfulness of the day dead in that instant, but a second later she recovered "well you are old, and gray!" she answered calmly.

"Oh I'm heartbroken…" the blonde answered, in that moment Michiru entered the room "Michiru will you love me although I'll become old and gray?" she asked hugging her partner lovingly.

"Hmm I don't know" she answered teasingly, Haruka put her puppy eyes that were only for Michiru and this one laughed "Of course I will!" then she kissed her full of love. "Leave that for the night please! I'm eating here" Setsuna scolded.

They both laughed "Why did you asked that?" the aqua girl asked.

"I just asked how good looking I am on Crystal Tokyo" she answered casually.

"Ara, Haruka you know very well that she can't tell us a thing…"

"Well, you can't blame me for try!"

Both of them were 'figthing' so happily that neither of them noticed the sadness that was clearly written on Setsuna's eyes.

Haruka was puzzled her agile mind was working trying to fill missing pieces "She never mentioned us…" then again she remembered another conversation with Hotaru and ChibiUsa that happened when she took them to the amusement park.

"Hurry up Hotaru-chan" Chibi Usa yelled as soon as she ran to the entrance.

Hotaru looked up to her 'father' "Go Hime-chan" she said smiling; she followed them, happy to se that her daughter was shinning with happiness.

"I've never been to an amusement park before!" Hotaru said smiling to her friend.

"Neither have I"

Haruka got interested "Why not Chibi Usa?"

"Well since I remember we were at war with the Black Moon army…so everything was a little bit destroyed…" she answered with sadness.

Haruka was interested, although everyone knew about Black Moon and their attack Setsuna never told them a thing of how it began or how they defeated the senshi knowing that Galaxia was more a lot more powerful than them "Why it lasted so long, I mean the war?" she asked casually.

"Well…" the pink haired girl didn't want to answer; it was something Pluto forbade her to tell.

Haruka saw the hesitation and added "I asked because well you know Galaxia was a lot tougher than them"

With some mystery on her voice she said "It was because the Senshi team wasn't complete…" Haruka looked more confused than before "Please Haruka-san don't ask me…It's forbidden to tell things about the future…" The wind senshi smiled "Sorry, I didn't know" she lied of course she knew, but at least she knew a bit more about what happened. Haruka dropped the subject "Well, princess hurry up and catch Hotaru" at this Chibi Usa smiled and ran to catch Hotaru.

"The senshi team was not complete…not complete…" she buried her face in her hands "could this mean…? Geez I'm such an idiot!" her eyes snapped open, she left the drink and paid the dinner. She ran to her car, and drove to her apartment. She opened the door and went directly to the phone, she dialed the number and a feminine voice answered "Setsuna?!"

"Haruka? Is, is that you?" she asked not believing it, it has been a long time since she knew something about her.

"Yes, it's me…I need to talk with you urgently, where can I see you?"

"Are you ok?" she asker worried.

"Yes, Setsuna I'm okay but I need to see you, urgently…please" the pleading tone in her voice was evident, Setsuna exhaled not knowing where the other senshi lived she asked "Ok, are you nearby?"

"I'm on the city" she just answered coldly.

"Ok, meet me on the coffee shop in an hour" Setsuna instructed, worried about Haruka's behavior. "Thank you, Setsuna" then she hung up.

'Thank you?' Setsuna mused 'that was so not like Haruka...I hope she's okay…'

"You are looking good" Setsuna informed the blonde in front of her.

"Thank you…you too Setsuna" Haruka answered honestly. Yes, it has been a long time since she has seen her friend.

"You sounded worried, tell me what happened?" Setsuna asked the former senshi.  

"Setsuna I want you to promise me that you will be honest with me ok?"

Setsuna was taken aback 'what is she after?' she scanned the blonde's eyes and saw a mix of desperation and deep concern "Okay,I promise"

"Answer me why did the black moon attack happen?"

Setsuna more confused than before "I don't know why you are asking this  now but you know I can not tell you"

"Well…just answer me Crystal Tokyo was attacked because I wasn't there wasn't it?" she asked with seriousness

"In part, yes…" answered Setsuna amazed that Haruka got to that conclusion.

"Why you always avoided telling us about our future?" Haruka pushed the subject further.

"You know I can not tell you that Haruka…" she answered again in that annoying calm-cold tone.

Haruka swore under her breath, she was playing hard. "Well, then tell me why you had a glimpse of sadness when ever we asked?"

Setsuna was caught in her own game "because…" she breathed deeply "It reminded me of the future…of what will happen…"

"Please Setsuna! Tell me!" Haruka begged taking the older woman hands in her own.

"Haruka you can't change destiny!…why tormenting you with the future?" she tried to make some sense in the blonde, but shamefully Haruka was the most hard-headed stubborn woman in the whole world.

"We make our destiny, I refuse to believe we are pawns of a greater force" the former senshi said with so much conviction that convinced Setsuna. "If being a senshi taught me something was that we have to fight for what we believe on…"

"You are not a senshi anymore Haruka…" Setsuna interrupted her.

"You know it?" Haruka was taken aback.

"Yes, I know it…and I'm not the only one…" she sighed in defeat, Haruka was going to win this one, she won't leave the topic until she knew what she needed to know "By telling you this I will be violating the rules of time" she warned.

"Setsuna, you have done it before" Haruka smiled gently

Setsuna smiled, yes it was true and both have been to help her friends, well this couldn't hurt at most it could help "In the future Uranus does not exist, you didn't fight as a senshi and that made the battle a lot more difficult…"

Haruka saw the time senshi hesitation but pressed forward "And what happened?"

"The inners had to protect the palace…so they joined their forces to made a type of barrier an invisible shield…but someone has to stop the invaders…I was on the time gate trying to protect it, I don't know how but the invaders knew about it…and were able to use it…so the only ones that were left to protect were Neptune and Saturn…one day in a fight Neptune was killed…" Haruka's face lost all color.

"She was ambushed by a whole unit…" said Setsuna with tears in her eyes and with a lost sight.

"Sp-spare me the details…" stammered Haruka, heartbroken by the revelation.

"After we discovered her body you returned to the castle, knowing that something bad happened to her…although the both of you, we-were never  together again you still had that connection, that bond…: she sniffled at the memory "you arrived to the castle and I informed you about Michiru's death, you acted calmed about it… I guess it was because you expected the worse since the beginning…

however we all knew you loved each other and we were right…you produced your henshin stick again, we don't know how you were able to do that…you became a senshi again, but you fought seeking death in every corner an finally in a battle you were badly hurt. I took you to the castle and there you- you died…that's why we almost lost the battle…You and Michiru were death, Hotaru was too devastated to fight and the Inners were getting weaker everyday" she broke down in tears.

Haruka gave the other woman a small squeeze on her hand. "But here in the present, that changed didn't it?"

"We were able to save some things…but not all…" said with defeat and deep sadness.

"I understand…thank you…for being honest with me" added the blonde girl "Se-Setsuna is there anything I can do to avoid that from happening?"

Setsuna smiled lightly "You tell me…we make destiny…" at this Haruka smiled and embraced the other girl strongly. "Thank you…"

To be continued…

Now you get the title don't you? "Fighting Destiny"…yep Haruka will have to fight to get Michiru's back not only because she loves her but because otherwise the future will be a little bit…bad to say at least.

Thanks for reading!