(Finally found the third part, sorry it took so long!)
Part 3
The Shadows
Luna blinked as the day ended and she went home with Makoto, Omi walked with her. "You don't have to walk me home, Omi-kun," Makoto smiled cheerfully, though she had to keep pretending to be cheerful.
Omi wasn't really convinced about that. "You've been worried about something," he looked at her. "Please tell me, if you talk about it, maybe it would make it easier."
"Alright, if you insist upon it," she sighed and leaned against the wall. "Its just that my friend's husband disappeared then my other friend, Haruka- san was kidnapped. I'm really worried about them. Usagi hasn't been on her own for along time, not since Mamoru-san went off to college in America."
He hoped that Makoto didn't have to worry too much about her friend. I hope she will be all right.
**
As soon as Luna and Makoto were alone, Luna turned to look at her. "I don't trust Omi or his friends," she whispered.
"Nonsense, Omi-kun, is a good person, he would never hurt anyone," Makoto smiled as though she had to believe it.
**
Omi sighed walking into store and looked at Ken who was taking up Makoto's shift. "Hey there Omi, what's up?" The suntanned boy asked and smiled putting on his smock.
"Mako-chan is really worried about Mrs. Chiba. Mrs. Chiba is all alone and now Tenoh's kidnapping is really bothering because she was friends with her too."
"Haruka?" Ken sighed feeling a dead weight drop in his stomach. "I read somewhere that Takatori was trying to buy out Tenoh's father. The old man won't sell."
Yohji walked in and put his smock away. "Actually, this has been the third time that Haruka's been kidnapped."
"What?" Omi blinked.
"I was on the first case of Haruka's kidnapping when she was ten," Yohji shook his head. "It was a mess, that girl is a tomboy through and through. Asuka had to get her cleaned up before going back to her parents."
"Why would anyone kidnap her?" Ken growled angrily.
"Her family is filthy rich," the ex-detective sighed and looked upset. "Mr. Tenoh paid good money to have his daughter returned. So I did my best to fulfill the deal. I'm not really worried about her, I taught her some self defense, she should be alright."
"You like you've been around Haruka before?" Ken blinked in surprise.
"I was employed once as Tenoh's private bodyguard. When he decided he didn't need me anymore, I was just happy that he gave me money to open a private detective agency."
"So that's how you know the Tenoh family?" the youngest member of Weiss blinked and smiled. "That's so interesting. I have only read of the first time and a few attempts to kidnap Haruka-san."
"Those were allowed to be printed as a warning."
**
Haruka never thought she would be glad to be away from Nagi, she had no idea that he had been that boy in the garage when she discovered she was a Senshi. Schuldich just sat in front of her glaring into her eyes. "You're a Senshi!"
"Its none of your business," she spat out.
"Yes it is, it might keep you alive a little longer," Schuldich hissed. "What Senshi are you?"
"Why ask her?" they turned to see Nagi standing by the door. "She's Sailor Uranus, the Senshi of the Sky."
"How would you know, brat?" Haruka snapped.
"You know how I know," Nagi laughed pointing at her. "Its her fault!" He stomped off out of the room again, this time leaving them alone.
"Nagi's been hanging around Farfarello too long," Schuldich rolled his eyes and gave her a gaze. "Next time you bring out that Sword again, you better make sure that you know who you are attacking."
**
Luna reported on what she had seen at the flower shop, she wished she would have gotten Makoto and Rei to believe her. "Ran-kun could never do those things!" Rei shook her head. "It was never in his nature to kill people."
"What about when his sister go in that accident?" Luna asked. "He vanished for close to three years."
"She has a point," Ami whispered. "It is highly likely that some things changed in him since that horrible night." She looked over at the old newspaper clipping. "After all, you said yourself that it wasn't an accident."
"Of course it wasn't," Rei yelled. "Aya-san would never run out into traffic like that!"
It was made clear by the meeting that somehow Luna wasn't going to trust any of the men at Koneko for any reason.
**
Omi watched outside of the shrine as he did most nights for the last couple weeks. He saw the cat, Luna standing on the table and it looked like it was talking. I must be dreaming, I could have sworn Luna was talking, he thought and then looked again rubbing his eyes.
"You're not dreaming," he heard a soft voice and turned to see a woman with long pine green hair and dark eyes.
"Who are you?" He demanded of the woman who just leaned against a tree.
"There are some things that you are not ready for."
**
Makoto blinked not sure that when she looked at Omi and Ken that they were different now. She couldn't believe that Omi and Ken were the bad people, but Luna was so set that they weren't to be trusted.
She sat down looking at the flower arrangement that Ran left for her. She blinked again thinking about Haruka, about how far she was away.
**
Haruka heard the sound of coughing in the hall, she looked out of the key hole and saw Nagi doubled over. She pushed against the door and tried to get out, then she heard a smack and the sound of foot steps leaving the boy alone in the hall.
She finally pushed again and found herself against the hall wall; she knelt down in front of Nagi and looked at him. "What the hell?"
"Leave me alone," he barked and tried to stand up, but his legs seemed too rubbery.
Lifting him up and carried him down the hall. "Why did you unlock my door?" She finally asked.
"I didn't," he lied, then looked away. "Just leave. Farfarello is in his cell, you don't have to worry, Schuldich won't touch you. Crawford, he was just going to kill you anyway."
"Why do you want to help?"
Nagi blinked at her and sighed. "I suppose you had no control on being a Senshi do you?"
"I had no choice, it was a mission I had to take even when I didn't want it."
**
What am I thinking? Makoto thought when she looked over at her friends, maybe Luna is wrong about them. She was so sure that none of the men of Weiss where wholly evil. She had to admit, Ken was incapable of having a cold heart, Omi least of all who would be like a little brother to her sometimes. Ran wasn't at all like he was when she knew him growing up near her aunt's home. He was gentle, but something in him turned cold as ice, it was like he wasn't the boy she knew.
"Is there something wrong?" Minako asked her when they walked out of the flower shop after her shift. "You could tell me."
"I know, I just think that Luna is wrong about them. Omi-kun, is so nice and sweet, why would he do anything to hurt us?"
"I know, it is kind of weird, but ever since Haruka vanished, we have been so distrustful, Setsuna was saying to trust the men of Weiss to watch over the princess, that they're the ones that can help us. All I know is it sounds like a riddle to me."
Stopping in front of a store window. "I used to think we were the only ones to protect her, you know," Makoto sighed looking at the dress.
"I know, the strange thing is, maybe they are our counter parts, you know how Usagi was able to turn into Eternal Sailor Moon, maybe these guys are the ones to help us turn into our Eternal forms."
"You're forgetting we can't transform anymore, we haven't transformed in five years." The tall brown haired girl shook her head.
**
Following the girls was wrong, Omi thought when he tailed them to a dress shop, he saw Makoto leaning against the window talking to her friend. What he didn't mean to do was to hear them talking about something. "Senshi? They're.." His voice caught in his throat. He couldn't believe it, and from what he saw on Aya's face neither could he.
"That's the secret," Aya whispered looking angry.
"I don't blame them," Omi whispered. "We don't trust others with our secrets, but what they do is a little different from what we do."
Entering the basement, Omi sat down at his computer, then saw Aya stop him. "Don't tell Persia, don't tell anyone."
"But."
**
Haruka didn't know why she believed Nagi, all she knew was that boy was helping her. Schuldich was just watching from a window, he was pretending he didn't see anything, all she knew was that they were for some reason allies.
"Don't trust us again," Nagi told her as soon as she reached the gate. "Don't trust Schuldich above all." He turned limping back into the estate.
"Nagi, you need to go to a doctor."
"No! I can't do that, I'll be taken away to that place again, you don't understand!" He sputtered as he limped faster into the house and slammed the door.
She ran down the street, she ran faster and faster, she wanted to get as far from them as possible that was when she finally collapsed in front of a store. "That's Haruka!" A voice was frantic as it faded away into darkness.
**
"How is she?" a rather small voice said, it still had the high pitched sound of a child, but soon blending into adulthood.
"She's in shock, Omi," said another voice full grown, she knew this voice, she knew it from her childhood.
Her eyes fluttered open. "YOHJI!"
"Haruka, calm down," Yohji whispered putting a blanket over her. "Calm down, we called your father."
She smiled as she fell right back to sleep. "We need to call the police!"
"That's the last thing we should do," Yohji whispered.
**
Haruka's father was the sort of man who seemed a lot more concerned about his own ego than that of his daughter's safety. That was hardly the case, though, he was wise and not frightened about the ransom. He knew that that Haruka was safe when he received the call that his ex-bodyguard had her. "Thank you so much, Yohji," he hung up.
"Next time, sir, it might be worse," he heard his new bodyguard say. "Trusting that..that detective."
"Yohji was the finest bodyguard I ever had, Samson, even though he works for Kritiker now. Haruka's friends should still be watched, Manx, tell Shuichi that he has my support one hundred percent."
A red haired woman stood up and nodded to him leaving. "Oh.Is Mr. Chiba safe?"
"He is," she whispered and walked off.
**
Mamoru gave another groan as he found that even though Omi was helpful, it was becoming all too clear that he was handicapped in his ablities to protect his wife. He had attempted twice to turn into Tuxedo Kamen and it failed.
He knew better to try it now that Omi walked in with some food. "I did find something rather interesting out, Mr. Chiba," he sat down and then looked at him. "I don't like being lied to, so tell me, are you Tuxedo Kamen?"
Mamoru wasn't prepared for that question. "How did you find out?"
"I was following your wife's friends, they're Sailor Senshi, aren't they?"
"Hai, they are, you have to promise not to tell anyone!"
"Don't worry, I won't tell."
**
It was going smoothly; of course in Crawford's own mind it was, on the outside things were pretty beyond his control. The disobedient Nagi had been punished for meddling in this matter of Haruka, the boy lay on the floor in a heap.
Schuldich walked in and just about drew his gun. "What the hell did you do to him!?"
"His punishment."
Nagi was barely awake, let alone breathing, Schuldich picked the boy up and growled. "Bastard, you'll kill him!"
It was as if Crawford didn't care, of course he didn't care if Nagi lived or not. He heard Schuldich's cursing as he took the boy into his room, slamming the door.
"So, you got caught?" he finally said opening Nagi's shirt and seeing the blue and black markings on his back. There were cuts on the boy's face, he looked like he had gone to war and came out the loser. This wasn't good, something wasn't right about this, Crawford wouldn't maim Nagi this badly.
The boy only moaned in pain as the German was patching him. "This is a change, its usually you patching me up," he whispered and tried to make it sound like a joke.
Part 3
The Shadows
Luna blinked as the day ended and she went home with Makoto, Omi walked with her. "You don't have to walk me home, Omi-kun," Makoto smiled cheerfully, though she had to keep pretending to be cheerful.
Omi wasn't really convinced about that. "You've been worried about something," he looked at her. "Please tell me, if you talk about it, maybe it would make it easier."
"Alright, if you insist upon it," she sighed and leaned against the wall. "Its just that my friend's husband disappeared then my other friend, Haruka- san was kidnapped. I'm really worried about them. Usagi hasn't been on her own for along time, not since Mamoru-san went off to college in America."
He hoped that Makoto didn't have to worry too much about her friend. I hope she will be all right.
**
As soon as Luna and Makoto were alone, Luna turned to look at her. "I don't trust Omi or his friends," she whispered.
"Nonsense, Omi-kun, is a good person, he would never hurt anyone," Makoto smiled as though she had to believe it.
**
Omi sighed walking into store and looked at Ken who was taking up Makoto's shift. "Hey there Omi, what's up?" The suntanned boy asked and smiled putting on his smock.
"Mako-chan is really worried about Mrs. Chiba. Mrs. Chiba is all alone and now Tenoh's kidnapping is really bothering because she was friends with her too."
"Haruka?" Ken sighed feeling a dead weight drop in his stomach. "I read somewhere that Takatori was trying to buy out Tenoh's father. The old man won't sell."
Yohji walked in and put his smock away. "Actually, this has been the third time that Haruka's been kidnapped."
"What?" Omi blinked.
"I was on the first case of Haruka's kidnapping when she was ten," Yohji shook his head. "It was a mess, that girl is a tomboy through and through. Asuka had to get her cleaned up before going back to her parents."
"Why would anyone kidnap her?" Ken growled angrily.
"Her family is filthy rich," the ex-detective sighed and looked upset. "Mr. Tenoh paid good money to have his daughter returned. So I did my best to fulfill the deal. I'm not really worried about her, I taught her some self defense, she should be alright."
"You like you've been around Haruka before?" Ken blinked in surprise.
"I was employed once as Tenoh's private bodyguard. When he decided he didn't need me anymore, I was just happy that he gave me money to open a private detective agency."
"So that's how you know the Tenoh family?" the youngest member of Weiss blinked and smiled. "That's so interesting. I have only read of the first time and a few attempts to kidnap Haruka-san."
"Those were allowed to be printed as a warning."
**
Haruka never thought she would be glad to be away from Nagi, she had no idea that he had been that boy in the garage when she discovered she was a Senshi. Schuldich just sat in front of her glaring into her eyes. "You're a Senshi!"
"Its none of your business," she spat out.
"Yes it is, it might keep you alive a little longer," Schuldich hissed. "What Senshi are you?"
"Why ask her?" they turned to see Nagi standing by the door. "She's Sailor Uranus, the Senshi of the Sky."
"How would you know, brat?" Haruka snapped.
"You know how I know," Nagi laughed pointing at her. "Its her fault!" He stomped off out of the room again, this time leaving them alone.
"Nagi's been hanging around Farfarello too long," Schuldich rolled his eyes and gave her a gaze. "Next time you bring out that Sword again, you better make sure that you know who you are attacking."
**
Luna reported on what she had seen at the flower shop, she wished she would have gotten Makoto and Rei to believe her. "Ran-kun could never do those things!" Rei shook her head. "It was never in his nature to kill people."
"What about when his sister go in that accident?" Luna asked. "He vanished for close to three years."
"She has a point," Ami whispered. "It is highly likely that some things changed in him since that horrible night." She looked over at the old newspaper clipping. "After all, you said yourself that it wasn't an accident."
"Of course it wasn't," Rei yelled. "Aya-san would never run out into traffic like that!"
It was made clear by the meeting that somehow Luna wasn't going to trust any of the men at Koneko for any reason.
**
Omi watched outside of the shrine as he did most nights for the last couple weeks. He saw the cat, Luna standing on the table and it looked like it was talking. I must be dreaming, I could have sworn Luna was talking, he thought and then looked again rubbing his eyes.
"You're not dreaming," he heard a soft voice and turned to see a woman with long pine green hair and dark eyes.
"Who are you?" He demanded of the woman who just leaned against a tree.
"There are some things that you are not ready for."
**
Makoto blinked not sure that when she looked at Omi and Ken that they were different now. She couldn't believe that Omi and Ken were the bad people, but Luna was so set that they weren't to be trusted.
She sat down looking at the flower arrangement that Ran left for her. She blinked again thinking about Haruka, about how far she was away.
**
Haruka heard the sound of coughing in the hall, she looked out of the key hole and saw Nagi doubled over. She pushed against the door and tried to get out, then she heard a smack and the sound of foot steps leaving the boy alone in the hall.
She finally pushed again and found herself against the hall wall; she knelt down in front of Nagi and looked at him. "What the hell?"
"Leave me alone," he barked and tried to stand up, but his legs seemed too rubbery.
Lifting him up and carried him down the hall. "Why did you unlock my door?" She finally asked.
"I didn't," he lied, then looked away. "Just leave. Farfarello is in his cell, you don't have to worry, Schuldich won't touch you. Crawford, he was just going to kill you anyway."
"Why do you want to help?"
Nagi blinked at her and sighed. "I suppose you had no control on being a Senshi do you?"
"I had no choice, it was a mission I had to take even when I didn't want it."
**
What am I thinking? Makoto thought when she looked over at her friends, maybe Luna is wrong about them. She was so sure that none of the men of Weiss where wholly evil. She had to admit, Ken was incapable of having a cold heart, Omi least of all who would be like a little brother to her sometimes. Ran wasn't at all like he was when she knew him growing up near her aunt's home. He was gentle, but something in him turned cold as ice, it was like he wasn't the boy she knew.
"Is there something wrong?" Minako asked her when they walked out of the flower shop after her shift. "You could tell me."
"I know, I just think that Luna is wrong about them. Omi-kun, is so nice and sweet, why would he do anything to hurt us?"
"I know, it is kind of weird, but ever since Haruka vanished, we have been so distrustful, Setsuna was saying to trust the men of Weiss to watch over the princess, that they're the ones that can help us. All I know is it sounds like a riddle to me."
Stopping in front of a store window. "I used to think we were the only ones to protect her, you know," Makoto sighed looking at the dress.
"I know, the strange thing is, maybe they are our counter parts, you know how Usagi was able to turn into Eternal Sailor Moon, maybe these guys are the ones to help us turn into our Eternal forms."
"You're forgetting we can't transform anymore, we haven't transformed in five years." The tall brown haired girl shook her head.
**
Following the girls was wrong, Omi thought when he tailed them to a dress shop, he saw Makoto leaning against the window talking to her friend. What he didn't mean to do was to hear them talking about something. "Senshi? They're.." His voice caught in his throat. He couldn't believe it, and from what he saw on Aya's face neither could he.
"That's the secret," Aya whispered looking angry.
"I don't blame them," Omi whispered. "We don't trust others with our secrets, but what they do is a little different from what we do."
Entering the basement, Omi sat down at his computer, then saw Aya stop him. "Don't tell Persia, don't tell anyone."
"But."
**
Haruka didn't know why she believed Nagi, all she knew was that boy was helping her. Schuldich was just watching from a window, he was pretending he didn't see anything, all she knew was that they were for some reason allies.
"Don't trust us again," Nagi told her as soon as she reached the gate. "Don't trust Schuldich above all." He turned limping back into the estate.
"Nagi, you need to go to a doctor."
"No! I can't do that, I'll be taken away to that place again, you don't understand!" He sputtered as he limped faster into the house and slammed the door.
She ran down the street, she ran faster and faster, she wanted to get as far from them as possible that was when she finally collapsed in front of a store. "That's Haruka!" A voice was frantic as it faded away into darkness.
**
"How is she?" a rather small voice said, it still had the high pitched sound of a child, but soon blending into adulthood.
"She's in shock, Omi," said another voice full grown, she knew this voice, she knew it from her childhood.
Her eyes fluttered open. "YOHJI!"
"Haruka, calm down," Yohji whispered putting a blanket over her. "Calm down, we called your father."
She smiled as she fell right back to sleep. "We need to call the police!"
"That's the last thing we should do," Yohji whispered.
**
Haruka's father was the sort of man who seemed a lot more concerned about his own ego than that of his daughter's safety. That was hardly the case, though, he was wise and not frightened about the ransom. He knew that that Haruka was safe when he received the call that his ex-bodyguard had her. "Thank you so much, Yohji," he hung up.
"Next time, sir, it might be worse," he heard his new bodyguard say. "Trusting that..that detective."
"Yohji was the finest bodyguard I ever had, Samson, even though he works for Kritiker now. Haruka's friends should still be watched, Manx, tell Shuichi that he has my support one hundred percent."
A red haired woman stood up and nodded to him leaving. "Oh.Is Mr. Chiba safe?"
"He is," she whispered and walked off.
**
Mamoru gave another groan as he found that even though Omi was helpful, it was becoming all too clear that he was handicapped in his ablities to protect his wife. He had attempted twice to turn into Tuxedo Kamen and it failed.
He knew better to try it now that Omi walked in with some food. "I did find something rather interesting out, Mr. Chiba," he sat down and then looked at him. "I don't like being lied to, so tell me, are you Tuxedo Kamen?"
Mamoru wasn't prepared for that question. "How did you find out?"
"I was following your wife's friends, they're Sailor Senshi, aren't they?"
"Hai, they are, you have to promise not to tell anyone!"
"Don't worry, I won't tell."
**
It was going smoothly; of course in Crawford's own mind it was, on the outside things were pretty beyond his control. The disobedient Nagi had been punished for meddling in this matter of Haruka, the boy lay on the floor in a heap.
Schuldich walked in and just about drew his gun. "What the hell did you do to him!?"
"His punishment."
Nagi was barely awake, let alone breathing, Schuldich picked the boy up and growled. "Bastard, you'll kill him!"
It was as if Crawford didn't care, of course he didn't care if Nagi lived or not. He heard Schuldich's cursing as he took the boy into his room, slamming the door.
"So, you got caught?" he finally said opening Nagi's shirt and seeing the blue and black markings on his back. There were cuts on the boy's face, he looked like he had gone to war and came out the loser. This wasn't good, something wasn't right about this, Crawford wouldn't maim Nagi this badly.
The boy only moaned in pain as the German was patching him. "This is a change, its usually you patching me up," he whispered and tried to make it sound like a joke.