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Hey, *Wears a neon orange t-shirt with the words 'Partayyyy!' On it and party hat* Ummm, *Giggles nervously* just getting ready for the new years party. *Grins and throws confetti in the air* and for a party treat, I give you.....the next chapter! Hahaha! I can't believe that I actually got over a hundred reviews. I'm so happy! Anyway, I hope you like this chapter! Oh, *huge grins appears* after reading this chapter, read my authors note at the end. I think you guys will love it. *Wiggles eyebrows* hehehe! Now on with the fic!
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Disclaimer: I do not own, I repeat do not own, Harry Potter and any related characters, they belong to JK Rowling. And also, I do not own Sailor Moon and any related characters, they belong to Naoko Takeuchi. I only own the visitors of the Magic Room and Uncle Sam. So don't sue.
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
~Setting/Place~
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"The Outers.."
Usagi was up on her feet, quickly releasing Harry's hand and bounding to the people by the door. Tears brimmed her vision as she hugged the nearest of the four. "Haruka!" cried Usagi happily into the older girls shoulder, feeling the familiar warmth of her friend.
"Koneko-chan, good to see you again too," chuckled Haruka happily hugging the younger girl tightly.
"I thought you guys would never come back," whispered Usagi as a few tears escaped her eyes and rolled down her cheek.
There was a stunned silence coming from the occupants of room, starring at the three girls and the blond guy, as they each hugged Usagi. Usagi seemed to look overjoyed to see these people, as they witnesses tears of happiness trickle down her cheeks. They all began to converse in rapid Japanese, leaving all the English people clueless of whatsoever was going on. The minister however, looked very much pleased.
"What?!" shouted Haruka finally, she was getting very much ticked off due to the fact that these people were staring at them as if they were some mannequins on a store display window. She only recognized a few people, the Minister or former magical adviser of Queen Serenity, Usagi's Uncle and her brother Shingo and for those other people, well, she hadn't the foggiest clue of who they were. She would actually care less if those people were of the mafia or something else, it still wouldn't have stopped her from getting to the princess. Speaking of the princess, she noted that she looked much better now.....much more happier.
"Haruka," scolded Michiru lightly patting the Uranian on the arm. She knew very well that she was very much tired from their long trip from their individual home planets, and she was getting ticked off by the minute in the end Michiru didn't want to know what it might turn out to be like.
Usagi oblivious to all the confusion, temper continued to chatter away with young Hotaru. She however stopped talking when she heard the minister of magic speak up.
"Ah, yes, what a pleasure to see you for ladies again," Kurosawa announced happily.
'Ladies?' that thought ran through Harry and the others heads. Surely the minister must have seen wrong, perhaps because of old age, his vision must be failing him. Oh, but how wrong they were. This earned a couple of raised eyebrows as the teens stared at Haruka skeptically.
"Ladies?" repeated Harry his gaze switching between the Minister to the blond guy who Usagi was currently latched to by the arm. Alright, so the minister was off his rockers but still he didn't quite like the idea of his girlfriend latching herself to a guy he hasn't the foggiest idea who he is. Out of the corner of his eyes he could see Shingo stifling his laughter behind his hand but he pushed the thought away why he was laughing. His thoughts wandered back to Usagi and the blond guys, what was his name? Haruka, yes, so alirght he was getting jealous, it is every boyfriends right to get jealous if they saw their girlfriend possessively cling to man who he had no idea about. He was pulled out of his tirade of jealous thoughts when the blond guy spoke up.
"Oh so we got a smart guy in here, look buddy you heard right the minister said ladies! Got a problem with that, four-eyes?!" snapped Haruka angrily. She was getting really pissed off, perhaps its because she was PMSing or something else. The trip was long, she was tired, the stupid employee pissed her off, Shingo kept on laughing that also ticked her off, he weren't the hime's brother he'd see lights right now, and now a smart guy with glasses pissed her off more. One more straw and she's explode.
"Now, now Haruka, that's no way to treat Harry Potter," scolded Setsuna lightly. Her ruby eyes danced playfully upon seeing the reaction from Haruka upon hearing the famous Harry Potters name. While they were away, they still knew about everything that was going on in their Hime's life.....she wasn't the guardian of time for nothing, right? So she absolutely knew everything about the princess love life. Back on Uranus, when the Uranian princess heard about their princess knew love interest, lets just say she wasn't too much thrilled. (She blew up one of the walls, actually....perhaps it were three but who's counting?)
Hotaru gave a little epp of surprise upon hearing Harry Potter's name. The 12 year old knew better than to stay in the way of Haruka. She knew exactly what was coming next, and she really didn't wish to be exactly in the fire line between Haruka and the controversial Harry that they all have heard about. Instinctively she hid behind Michiru, who also knew exactly was coming next. The young girl switched her gaze to Setsuna, to her surprise found her oblivious to Harukas harsh breathing and instead she was wiping off some dirt that was left on her business suit. 'Oh dear,' thought young Hotaru, silently praying to the Moon goddess Selene that no one will end up dead after this.
Haruka however looked like, to Usagi's opinion, a wounded dragon. Instinctively she released herself from Haruka's arm and frowned. Something was wrong here. She followed the blond's gaze and to her surprise found it at a considerably smaller Harry. 'What is going on?' she mused as she watched Harry cringe lightly under Haruka's deathly glare.
"This is THE Harry Potter?" asked Haruka, particularly directing the question to the unfazed Setsuna. "The Harry Potter that you were telling us about?" she asked again. When she received a simple yes from Setsuna.....she was seeing red. Se was really pissed now.....look out, a volcano is about to explode!
Harry considerably shrank in his seat as the guy, no girl glared daggers at him. So he easily got over the shock that the 'guy' was actually a girl. So jealousy easily went away, just like that. But he was quite surprised when these people knew his name, yet alone his family name. He easily concluded that due to the fact of his scar and him and the whole Voldemort thing but he soon also cancelled that idea since Haruka wasn't very much thrilled about meeting him like the rest of those people who want to meet the boy who lived but instead she looked at him...how shall he say...lethally. Oh, if looks could kill, he'd be dead by now. 'Okay, something is really wrong with this picture,' he mused as again he saw anger flicker in Haruka's eyes. Now he actually preferred facing off with Voldemort than being here with this girl. In his opinion she could kill Voldemort with ease by only giving him that kind of stare. 'Okay I'd gladly take on Voldemort than her right now,' he mused when he saw Haruka advance him slowly.
"Haruka!" shrieked Usagi loudly as she saw Haruka tackling down poor Harry to the floor and throttling him.
"Don't you dare hurt Usagi! Understand! Or I will personally come and kill you! How dare you even date her!" repeated the aggravated blond. She sat on top of Harry, her hands still throttling him, squeezing out any air that was left in him.
Harry didn't know what hit him, in his opinion it was a truck perhaps, but in reality it was just a really ticked off Haruka. She continued to throttle him, causing to throw his glasses askew. 'How life is bitter,' he thought dryly as he heard her words faintly.
"Young man....er, lady...let go of Harry this instant!" exclaimed Mr. Weasley, he quickly tried to retrieve his wand but still quite shocked at the out turn of the sudden events that it took quite a while to actually get it out of his pockets.
Shingo continued to laugh away gleefully, as did Uncle Sam and the Minister. The rest of the party however looked quite shocked to see a young blonde woman, dressed in mans clothing choking Harry Potter. They all tried to find a way to rescue Harry before he'd die.
Out of nowhere a croissant came flying out of nowhere and hit Haruka directly on the head. Haruka abruptly stopped her ranting and throttling (her hands were still however around a very dazed Harry's neck) and looked up to look into a very angry princess, holding another croissant in her hand.
"Do you want another one? Perhaps should I butter it for you?" asked Usagi waving the pastry in the air before also throwing it at the shocked older girl. With precise accuracy it hit Haruka's forehead and leaving some crumbs there.
It didn't take a rocket scientist for Haruka to find out that her hime was getting pissed. She quickly let go around Harry's neck and climbed off him, but didn't bother helping him up. Harry on the other hand sat on the ground, rubbed his neck coughing, trying to catch his breath. He had no clue whatsoever why on earth the blond attacked him in the first place.
"Are you alirght Harry?" he heard Usagi concerned voice coming from next to him. He found her kneeling next to him and rubbing his back giving him a concerned check up. He smiled at her, a warm feeling sweeping over him that someone actually cared so much for him and due the fact that she was again so close to him.
"Fine," he managed to say through his damaged throat.
Usagi nodded her head and turned and looked up at Haruka glaring at her angrily. "What do you think you were doing, almost killing my boyfriend like that?!" she shouted angrily at Haruka, who actually recoiled.
At the mention boyfriend, well, let just say there were too many reactions to actually put down. Well, Mrs. Weasley however was very much delighted at the idea, now completely forgetting of what happened earlier (forgetting the fact that Harry could have almost died due to suffocation) and instead thinking up weddings and what a wonderful couple they make. Uncle Sam, spit into his teacup, he was very much unaware that his niece had gotten a boyfriend, that boyfriend being none other Harry Potter himself. The minister however seemed very much delighted than ever. As for Haruka, well, she's being plain Haruka as always. And for Harry, he turned into a wonderful shade of red.
Usagi helped Harry stand back up and back into his seat. "Apologize," ordered Usagi, while roughly handing Harry a glass of water (spilling half of it on his shirt) and urging him to drink it. Harry wobbly took it and gulped it down slowly.
Haruka now looked like a little child being scolded. She crossed her arms and frowned. So getting the princess angry was one thing but refusing her orders was another thing. Saying sorry wasn't one of her expertise, especially if it were directed to a guy romantically linked to the princess.
"Haruka," she heard Michiru from behind her. She felt a rough jab in her ribs from Michiru urging her get it over with.
Haruka sighed loudly, knowing better than not following orders. She looked at Harry with still much defiance but mustered up all her dignity and mumbled the most hardest word in the world (In her opinion) "Sorry,"
Usagi frowned, but inwardly she did a summer Sault it wasn't everyday that you see Haruka apologize, "I believe Harry didn't hear you, a bit louder if you please," asked Usagi in an aristocratic way.
Setsuna, Michiru and Kurosawa couldn't help but crack a smile. Usagi is turning out to become a wonderful queen, it was quite evident from her actions.
Haruka sighed, "Look I'm sorry alright, gees," she said loudly throwing her arms up in the air and staring at the green eyes boy. Frankly she felt like she had just wounded her dignity.
"Well, then," Usagi smiled brightly at everyone completely ignoring Haruka's wounded dignity and the Ministers light chuckles. She patted Harry lightly on the shoulder, she was quite glad that he returned to his original color.
"I think you are all wondering on who these people are and who this vicious woman is," she smiled cheekily at her friends and earning a glare from Haruka. "This dangerous woman is Haruka Tenoh, that is Michiru Kaioh, this lady is Setsuna Meioh and that girl is Hotaru Tomoe. These are my friends, who just came from a very long trip." She said while pointing to each of the girls respectively.
"A pleasure to meet all of you," said Setsuna serenely, smiling rather mysteriously.
"Guys, these are Hermione, Ron, his sister Ginny, their parents Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and I guess you already know Harry," said Usagi shrugging her shoulders lightly. She knew that it was actually quite useless to tell them who these people were, she was quite sure that Setsuna knew all about this already. And knowing Setsuna she already informed her fellow outer senshi. "They come from England, and are here to make a report about the Sailor senshi. Isn't that just amazing?" she faked, grinning broadly at them.
"Uh, yes, quite amazing," said Michiru, smiling lightly.
"You wouldn't happen, to have any other information about the senshi do you?" asked Mr. Weasley eagerly.
"No, I believe what minister Kurosawa had told you was quite all of it," stated Haruka. 'We got loads of information, information that would make you cringe,' she thought dryly.
"Yes, I believe that is all," agreed the minister, sharing a brief smile with Setsuna.
"Usagi," began Setsuna giving the blond a meaningful glance. "We should go,"
Usagi looked up and frowned, "Go?" she asked.
"Go?" repeated Harry also frowning. Where were they taking her? He didn't know these people and now they were going to god knows where with Usagi. So yes, he's being protective, it's again one of the primary rules of being a boyfriend.
"Yes, go do you have a problem with that to four eyes?" snapped Haruka. She quickly however shut her mouth when she received a death glare from Usagi and a slap on the arm from Michiru, she was quite sure if Setsuna would have been transformed into Sailor Pluto she would be whacked on the head by Pluto's famous time staff.
Usagi sighed, understanding completely what they meant. "Of course, lunch! How could I forget," she exclaimed. She picked up Luna from the ground, who witnesses the whole ordeal with much amusement and headed for the doors.
"I'll see you guys later ok," she said referring to Harry and the others before the five of them disappeared through the doors.
"Now that was weird," muttered Ron, scratching his head. He only understood half of what had happened.
Harry on the other hand found it very weird. He absentmindedly rubbed his sore neck while trying to register what just happened.
"I believe that my work is done here, it's a pleasure meeting you all," announced Kurosawa standing up.
"Why don't we accompany you back to the ministry," suggested Mr. Weasley, eager to learn more.
Kurosawa chuckled, "Of course Arthur why not, may be you'll find out more of the senshi over there as well,"
Mr. and Mrs. Weasley quickly followed the old minister back to the lobby's fireplace and back to the Ministry in luck of finding more information about the mysterious senshi.
"I guess I'd best be off to work again, you kids have a wonderful afternoon then," announced Uncle Sam seeing that there was nothing else to do, well perhaps find a new set of doors for the conference room that is. He quickly left the room as well, in hopes of finding a new set of doors somewhere.
"You alright Harry?" asked Hermione full of concern.
Harry nodded, "Yes, I'm fine, a bit out of breath but still very much a live," he muttered.
Shingo grinned, "Don't mind Haruka, she's always like that,"
"What do you mean? Does she always attack guys and try to kill them?" asked Ginny sarcastically.
Shingo fought the urge to roll his eyes, "No, she's always like that towards any guy that is Usagi's boyfriend. She's quite the protective kind."
"Oh," breathed Harry. Right then and there, he promised himself never to come in a five feet radius with Haruka Tenoh or else he might never see living daylight again.
"I'm getting hungry, maybe we should grab a bite to eat," suggested Ron, after letting his stomach grumble loudly again.
"You're always about food," muttered Hermione.
"We could go to the mall, there are plenty of food stands there and maybe do some shopping," suggested Ginny, they went once to the mall she took an immediate liking of it and promised that they would go back there once again.
"Yeah," agreed Ron happily, he liked the mall; there were all kinds of muggle things that he had never seen before.
"The mall it is," announced Shingo happily grinning at his friends.
~With Usagi and the others~
"You know we aren't going out for lunch alone," said Haruka while driving her open roof red sports car. She stared at Usagi through the mirror with her usual black shades on.
Usagi rolled her eyes, "Of course I am very much aware of that," she said, she kept a firm hold on her French braid so that it wouldn't fly around too much. "Do you think that I believe that you would come all the way from your home planets back on earth, just to ask me out for lunch?"
"Where are we heading?" asked young Hotaru leaning towards the front seats by Michiru.
"The mall," answered Michiru, smiling serenely at the young girl.
"Yey! Will you buy me ice cream?" asked Hotaru her eyes dancing happily.
Setsuna laughed lightly and ruffled the girls black hair, "Why don't we all have ice cream after lunch,"
"Yey!" exclaimed Hotaru happily, she may act like any normal eleven year old but she has the knowledge and wisdom of any older senshi.
"Hmmm, sound fair. And Haruka has to pay," added Usagi a small smirk playing on her lips.
"What?!" exclaimed the Uranian.
Usagi crossed her arms across her chest and frowned, she stared at the driving blond infront of her. "For being so mean to Harry and almost killing him, that will be your punishment. You behavior was quite unexplainable," she said in a huff.
"Yeah, yeah, I get it. Gees next time I'll be nicer to that guy," muttered Haruka to herself as they drove up into the malls parking lot. 'Yeah right,' she added inwardly smirking.
~In the Mall, at one particular restaurant~
Usagi, Haruka, Setsuna, Michiru and Hotaru ate lunch at one of the many restaurants of the mall. The occupied one of the private room so that could have their privacy and talk of, well, business.
"Do you know about the current situation?" asked Usagi after the fat red suited waiter brought their food and left them.
"Of course we do, I wouldn't be senshi of time for nothing," said Setsuna smiling at the young Moon princess.
"True," agreed Usagi after eating some of her spaghetti.
"So what do we do?" asked Hotaru after all had some bites of their own foods.
"We wait for another attack," said Artemis, his head popping out of Michiru's handbag.
"We can't do anything if there is nothing to do," added Luna, her head also popping out of Setsuna's handbag.
"May we see you arm?" asked Michiru staring at Usagi's left arm.
Usagi nodded and pulled up the sleeve, exposing the white, bloodied bandage covering the whole forearm. "It still hurts but not as much as last night," she said. She pushed Hotaru's hand away, and smiled "There is no need to heal it, it's just a minor wound no biggie. It'll just heal by it's own. You know very well that my healing abilities are getting better,"
"But," Hotaru wanted to help her princess; she could bear to see the hime in pain.
Usagi shock her head while she pulled she sleeve back over her forearm, "I gotta do this on my own, and this is just one way on improving my powers. I can't always depend on you to heal me, and besides it'll just drain you from your powers and we can't have you faint and you wont be able to eat your ice cream,"
Hotaru sighed, no use with arguing with the princess. 'Once she gets her mind set, there is no way on stopping her,' mused the little girl while chewing on a loaf of bread.
Luna and Artemis explained to them their theory about Voldemort and his need of Usagi's blood. Usagi joined in and retold them about last night's attack. In the end telling them that the new youmas are much more stronger than before. Their conversation was being interrupted by the fat waiter when he came back inside and cleared the table.
"Your theories are very much true," finalized Setsuna, her eyes holding a serious glint in them.
"I knew it, why else would he want her blood," whispered Artemis his head popping out off Michiru's bag.
Usagi frowned and sank deeper into her chair. "This doesn't look good at all," she whispered.
"I know, but just look at it this way. At least we are here to help you, not like those damn, stupid, moronic, inners..." muttered Haruka smirking down at Usagi.
"Haruka! Watch your language, Hotaru is here!" scolded Michiru slapping Haruka with the red table napkin.
"His youmas are strong, due to the fact that magic is mixed within them. They are no longer like those brainless youmas we fought before, they contain some of his intelligence," concluded Setsuna, while watching Michiru and Haruka's little argue.
"So what now? We wait for another attack, just like that?" asked Usagi again.
"Yes, just like that. Now why don't we pay for our bill and head for some ice cream?" suggested Setsuna smiling happily to see Hotaru's excited smile. "Haruka?"
Haruka grumbled loudly, pulling out her wallet and taking out a few bills, mumbling something about too high prices and permanently killing Harry Potter. Usagi giggled lightly upon seeing Haruka's almost pained look and almost empty wallet.
~Somewhere else in the mall~
"I am stuffed," exclaimed Ron happily while they were all walking down the white marble floor, passing by different shops.
"You and food," muttered Hermione, she finally concluded that Ron was a lost case when it came to food. Sighing she held onto his hand a little more tightly, a little grin appeared on her lips......perhaps that was one reason she loved him so much.
"Do you think Usagi is anywhere here?" asked Harry out of the blue as they passed the huge white marble water fountain. He enjoyed this trip but he thought it would be even better if he had Usagi to keep him company. He hoped that he could actually spend the rest of the summer vacation with her since soon they will be leaving for England again and god knows when ever he would be coming back to Japan to see her. And he wasn't very much sure if he could survive a long distance relationship, yet alone bare it that she wasn't around at all at Hogwarts. Sure Ron and Hermione won't have a problem, they'd see each other everyday, one can say that you could surgically link them if it is possible. He sighed loudly, he really knew how to mess his love life up.
"Umm, earth to Harry, come in, earth to Harry!" shouted Shingo loudly waving a hand infront of Harry's face.
"What?!" exclaimed Harry irritated. He blushed when he soon realized that he had spaced out and all of them stopped walking and stared at him with bewildered expressions.
"You just stood there and spaced out, is there something wrong?" chuckled Ron.
Harry shock his head and they all continued walking. "Nothing, I was just wondering that's all,"
"Wondering where Usagi is?" giggled Hermione pushing Harry lightly to the side.
Harry blushed lightly but didn't say anything. "Isn't it quite surprising that Usagi knows so much about the senshi? Like what she said earlier about that stuff being reborn and all?"
"Yes, it is quite intriguing, so what do you suppose?" asked Hermione, her brows furrowed and thinking up some reasonable answers.
"She could be linked to the senshi!" suggested Ginny gripping onto Shingo's arm, her eyes sparkling finding that idea rather wonderful. Shingo on the other hand, had to refrain himself from keeling over.
"Or better yet, she IS a senshi!" exclaimed Ron rather loudly, so he was getting into this whole guessing game but still due to his rather enthusiastic exclamation it earned him a numerous raised eyebrows and bewildered looks from shoppers. Some even edged away from the group seeing that this teen may not be quite, how shall they say, right there.
That really did the trick, Shingo stumbled and feel face first onto the cool white marble ground. Ginny squealed loudly and dove after him, frantically helping her boyfriend standing up and wiping any dirt present on his shirt. Shingo however mumbled something inaudible and clearly in Japanese.
"Why-y don't-t we go g-get some i-ice cream," suggested Shingo, beginning to walk straight a head leaving his friends behind. 'Things are getting very much out of hand,' thought Shingo as the others caught up with him.
They continued walking until they heard screams and shouts coming from the other end of the mall.
~With Usagi and the others~
"Do you feel that?" asked Michiru, looking up to meet four serious faces. They were currently finishing their ice cream, when a dark energy swept over them.
"I felt it, and let's just day I can see it too," mumbled Usagi staring at the glass of water on their black table. The glass, shock lightly making the water spill over a bit.
"C'mon, let's move," Haruka stood up and cracked her knuckles and smirk appeared on her face. "Time to kick some magical youma butt,"
Setsuna nodded and followed Harukas suit. "Better pay for these though,"
Usagi sweatdropped, "Even in the most critical situations, you still pay for you bill," she said while watching Haruka sigh in defeat and pull out her wallet and place some bills on their table.
When they walked out the café, there was no use for them to look any further. Outside people were running in one direction to another, pure terror was written all over their faces. Since they were on the top floor they looked down the railings and to their surprise found two youmas creating havoc on the ground floor. Usagi immediately identified one of them as the one who attacked her yesterday. The yellow one, other hand looked much smaller and not so tough but she knew that looks could be fooled. The two of them were currently rampaging around destroying everything in sight occasionally lashing out at some innocent shoppers.
"Lets find a place to transform," suggested Michiru. Hotaru quickly pointed out a small deserted passage, seeing that it would be the best place to transform.
~At the ground floor~
The purple one growled loudly as one of those damn humans escaped his clutches. People were running away from the two youmas. Both of them were very much successful in destroying most of the shops and injuring a lot of people.
'Master would be very pleased,' thought the purple youma. As his eyes scanned the crowd for one particular person. They were instructed to try to find Sailor Moon again, this time they were informed that she would have allies. The more the merrier, chuckled the youma as he trampled over the glass bench.
"So this is a youma?!" gasped Ron his eyes growing as huge as saucers as they reached the area of destruction. "Ugly," he muttered.
"No one ever told that they were beauty pageant winners Ron," snapped Hermione while eyeing one of the gigantic monsters. When they heard the screams and shouts coming from the other end of the mall, they had to see for themselves what was going on. She had never expected to see a youma up close before, and frankly she wasn't expecting to get any closer any more.
Shingo scanned his eyes in the crowd, hoping that he would find Usagi anywhere. 'Where are you?' his mind screamed.
"We should help them," muttered Harry determinedly, as he began walking out of their hiding place. They hid behind one of the stalls, being clearly out of view of the monsters.
"No!" chorused four voices and pulling Harry back down.
"This is no time to be a hero Harry!" warned Ginny her eyes still on one of the youmas.
"We can't use our wands, we aren't allowed to do so. I am sure that someone will come soon, perhaps the ministry or even Sailor Moon," whispered Hermione angrily. She quickly ducked as a potted plant whizzed over their heads nearly missing hers by a centimeter.
"Sailor Moon will come, you guys just wait," assured Shingo his eyes still scanning the frantic crowd. 'Where are you Sailor Moon?' his eyes showing much concern.
'Where's Usagi?' thought Harry, his green eyes scanning the panic stricken crowd for any sign of his blond girlfriend or any of her friends. He just hoped that she was alright and not hurt. He watched with huge eyes as the purple youma picked up a bench and threw it to the nearby window.
"Hey, scumbag! Who the hell do you think you are?!" came a mysterious voice from above, echoing throughout the mall.
Harry and the others looked up and to their very surprise they saw Sailor Moon, she looked exactly like in the picture and four other senshi. The five of them, were standing on the railing of the third floor.
The lips of the purple youma curled into a sinister smile upon seeing who had arrived. 'Finally,' it thought. He dropped what ever he was holding and continued to gaze up at the soldiers. People who were still around stopped running and gazed up and cheered loudly when they saw the senshi.
'Urgh, people can be so stupid sometimes. Why do they just stand there and cheer? Why don't they just run away to safety?' wondered Sailor Moon. Her attention fixed back to the two youmas.
"Gees, you never give up do you?" muttered Sailor Moon to the purple youma. "How about we introduce ourselves to your little friend," she suggested.
"Protector of what is good, I stand for love and justice. Guardian of all the innocent, I am Sailor Moon, how dare you disrupt peace!" shouted Sailor Moon angrily.
"Guardian of time, Sailor Pluto. Protector of the princess and the innocent," said Pluto waving her staff expertly.
"Senshi of the oceans, Sailor Neptune. Protector of the princess and the innocent," exclaimed Neptune folding her arms across her chest.
"Senshi of the skies, Sailor Uranus. Here to kick you asses!" shouted Uranus a ready to fight glint in her eyes was quite evident as she cracked her knuckles.
"Senshi of death and rebirth, Sailor Saturn. Prepare for your death," whispered Saturn her glaive ready for action.
"Finally, Sailor Moon has arrived," rasped the purple youma staring at the middle senshi.
"It talks!" said Uranus. "Well you really are talented," she finished sarcastically. "Me and Neptune will take smart mouth and Pluto and Saturn will take of yellow over there. Hime take care of the people we don't want you get hurt," she ordered.
Sailor Moon was about to protest but to her wonderful luck they already jumped off railing and landed expertly on the ground getting ready to fight the youmas. 'How peachy, just because of one measly wound they don't want me to fight,' she thought dryly. Looking down again, she already found her senshi fight the two youmas. In her opinion it looked very much even.
"Here I go," she muttered to herself as she jumped off the third floor railing, her wings (AN: Think of Eternal Sailor Moon's fuku in the manga! The wings are real!) Making the landing much easier.
"I can't believe I just saw that," muttered Ginny in disbelief as she stared at Sailor Moon with huge eyes. Moon was busy helping some injured people get away from the area.
"Talk about legs," muttered Ron dreamily eyeing the senshi. This earned him a painful whack on the head by Hermione.
Shingo grinned happily as he watched his sister help another victim far away from the youmas. 'Finally,' he thought happily.
Harry watched as Sailor Moon kneeled next to one person who had a huge gash on his shoulder, she placed her hand over it and to his surprise her glove glowed light pink and she healed him. He watched her as she smiled kindly to the man and help him stand up and bring him to the other victims. He frowned when he suddenly felt that he knew her from somewhere. She looked somewhat very much familiar.
"Sailor Moon watch out!" screamed Pluto; the yellow youma was able to get past them. He was very quick and they had a very hard time keeping up with him. Her ruby eyes watched as the youma darted towards Sailor Moon.
"What the?!" yelled Moon as she felt herself get tackled to the ground by some unknown force. It dawned to her when she smelt the not so pleasant breath of the youma. "Ewww," muttered Moon, alright the thing was small but still it got a huge bad breath problem.
"Haven't you ever heard of a breath mint or something?!" shouted Moon while trying frantically to get her self free. She could feel the pain from the claws digging into her flesh.
"Master will be pleased," muttered the youma happily eyeing the Moonchild under him. He firmly grabbed her by both shoulders and pulled her up with him. "Master will be pleased," he repeated again.
"Yeah, yeah, I heard your crap," hissed Moon angrily, for being small; the youma had quite some strength in him. he was practically breaking her shoulder bones, and his claws dug dangerously deep into her flesh drawing already some blood. 'Obviously these are the only four words he knows,' thought Sailor Moon darkly as again the youma repeated 'Master will be pleased. In the corner of her mind, she wondered where Pluto and Saturn where, she soon found the two of them trying frantically making their way to them all the same trying avoid fireballs from the purple one.
Sailor Moon squirmed trying frantically to get free from the youma's grasp. She felt herself being pulled towards a.....portal?! 'Oh this is not good,' thought Usagi.
"Master will be pleased," repeated the youma obviously very happy that he succeeded in capturing Sailor Moon.
"Well, yes I have realized that," muttered Sailor Moon sarcastically. "But you know what, I think I'm going to burst your little bubble," she added.
The youma's eyes grew wide with surprise as he felt the cold blade of Saturn's glaive create a deep cut. It screamed loudly, in the process throwing Sailor Moon out of his grasps and hurling her into the nearby stand, sending her and the stand crashing into the marble wall. And, well, exposing five young wide-eyed teens that were once hiding behind the stand.
"Took you guys long.....oh no," muttered Sailor Moon, behind the rubble upon seeing who was just standing a few feet away from her. 'Shit,' she mentally cursed, feeling her blood run cold as she saw the manic glint in the youmas eyes upon seeing the group of teens. 'Harry!' her mind screamed, she had to protect him. These were Voldemorts youmas; they would know about Harry, she knew that they would like to get their grubby, clawed hands on him.
"I think we have a problem," whimpered Ginny eyeing the youmas wearily her heart pounding against her chest rapidly. She clutched Shingo's arms as if it were her lifeline.
"Don't panic," whispered Harry his eyes wandering from senshi to youma totally unsure what to do. Don't panic, the familiar quote that Ron knew all too well, meaning that they'd be in pretty much deep trouble. Harry's eyes wandered to the pale Moon senshi, Sailor Moon, his green eyes meet with her cerulean blue ones and he felt a sudden pang of familiarity.
"Don't panic?!" shrieked Ron eyeing Harry as if he had grown an extra head. "Are you mad?! We are about to get hurt and that is all you can say?! Don't panic?!" he shouted.
"Shut up Ron!" whispered Hermione eyeing the youmas.
'Oh shit, oh holy shit,' thought Shingo cursing mentally. 'Usagi's going to give me an earful,' he thought darkly. 'If I'm going to be alive after this, that is,' he added almost picturing himself and Usagi ranting on and on about him being so foolish and bringing everyone so near at a battlefield.
Uranus, Neptune and the youma, as well as the rest al stopped their fighting and instead turned their attention to the frightened teens. Sailor Moon on the other hand, still was trying hard to get out from underneath all the rubble. She had to do something or else she might never see her friends again.
"Harry Potter," rasped the purple youma in delight upon seeing the green eyed boy. So they might not get the Moon senshi today, at least they are able to offer their masters enemy Harry Potter to him. His red lips curled into a sinister smile, completely ignoring the presence of the two senshi in front of him. He kicked the two bruised senshi when their guards were down, sending them flying in opposite directions. He was very much pleased to find that his companion did the same to the other two senshi that were in their way.
"You guys! Watch out!" shouted Uranus angrily as she watched with fearful eyes, as both of the youmas created huge red fireballs the same size as two fully grown elephants or by any chance even bigger, being aimed directly at Harry and his friends. As much as she might like seeing Harry pulverized for dating Usagi, she rather wished to do it herself than let be it done by the enemy. She heard Neptune gasp when the two fireballs were released.
Harry's eyes grew wide upon the sight of the monstrosity of the two fireballs that were hurdling their way at a very high speed. He could practically feel their heat radiating off them. 'This is it, I'm going to die,' thought Harry, fearfully taking a step backwards. He knew if they were going to run, it would be no use. He could see Ginny sobbing from the corner of his eyes, what could save him now would be a miracle. Harry closed his eyes, waiting for the hot impact........it never came. He opened his eyes, he heard the girls gasp from behind him and he was quite sure that Ron would be gawking, but infront of them stood none other than Sailor Moon, somehow repelling the fireballs.
Sailor Moon grunted loudly, creating a repelling shield wasn't very much easy. She was able to get out of the ruble and make her white staff appear and create a shield strong enough to repel the gigantic fireballs. Normally, she wouldn't be able to make her staff appear, it usually took much energy to make it appear. (AN: This is the staff, that Neo Queen Serenity has, you know the silvery white one. If not, then imagine a long elegant staff ^_^) However, the staff helped much greatly in channeling her powers properly even though she'd use it only if she became queen soon, which is still very far away. Beads of sweat trickled down her forehead, as she continued to hold the staff infront of her supporting the mortal with all her might, knowing exactly if she'd just waver a millisecond then she and the rest would be burnt to a perfect crisp.
"What the hell are you waiting for?! Run! Harry, get the hell out of here!" screamed Sailor Moon to the startled teens. The force of the balls made her move a bit backwards.
Shingo numbly nodded, trying hard to forget their near to death experience. He pushed Ron to the opposite direction, signaling them to get away from here. The others willingly obliged. Not even daring to look back, the five of them ran to the nearest exits hearts pounding hard against their chests.
Harry was very much surprised to hear Sailor Moon calling him his name. How on earth could she know his name? And what surprised him more was the fact she spoke fluent English, wasn't Sailor Moon Japanese? His heart pounded against his chest as they finally arrived outside the mall, they exited through the fire exits. Taking in a deep breath of fresh air, he tired to clear his mind and wipe away the thoughts that he nearly might have died.
"Is everybody alright?" wheezed Hermione, clearly being very much level headed about the whole situation, tough one can clearly see that she still looked rather frightened.
"Fine, just wonderfully peachy," whispered Ginny leaning heavily against the wall, while Shingo continued patting her shoulder, futile to calm her down a bit.
Ron however took it a bit harder, "Now I know what it is like to look death in the eye," he muttered. He was still very much shaken up.
"Maybe it is best if we just head back to the inn, I know a short cut. C'mon," pointed out Shingo. He took everything a bit lighter. His eyes darted around the deserted alley, as if trying to find something suspicious lurking around.
Harry nodded and followed Shingo silently. He turned back around and stared at the closed fire exit, hoping that Sailor Moon was doing alright.
~Back inside~
Sailor Moon collapsed with exhaustion as the outers helped her destroy the fireballs before they would burn her up. She looked up when she heard Uranus swore loudly.
"Damn it! They disappeared! I swear when I get my hands on those two pieces of....."
"Uranus! Stop it! Watch your mouth!" scolded Neptune covering Saturn's ears with her gloved hands.
Uranus folded her arms angrily but said nothing. She turned her attention to their surrounding, and almost keeled over. The destruction was devastating. Many shops were destroyed and it looked like a tornado had it the mall. Part of the second floor actually crashed down, the ground looked like a battlefield with scorch marks everywhere. Even some blood splatters were quite evident.
"Oh boy," whistled Uranus, kicking away a piece of marble with her boot.
"Who's going to clean up this mess?" asked Saturn eyeing the shards of glass that littered the floor.
Sailor Moon shakily stood up and frowned, "At least the worst is over, no one got hurt. And we, well, barely made it through,"
"Sailor Moon is right," came a voice from behind an upturned plant. Luna and Artemis jumped out from behind it and stared at the battered up senshi. "This just shows how powerful Voldemort really is," finished Luna, her voice echoing through the deserted mall.
"We should head back home, looks like the police arrives too late as usual," suggested Artemis nodding his head behind the senshi.
And sure enough dozens of armed men came bursting their way towards them. Pluto sighed and waved her staff, creating a portal, "Lets take a short cut," she suggested smiling mysteriously at them before jumping into the portal. The others soon followed the suit.
All what was left in the deserted mall, was the ruble, destruction and dozens of confused armed men who paroled the area in search of any other hostilities. Or.....not. In one deserted dark corner, stood a lone figure. From where he stood he had a sure view of seeing everything that had happened. He wore a familiar red waiters suit and was quite fat, he grinned evilly, showing off his unnaturally yellow teeth. His beady eyes watched with delight as the police continued their search. It seemed that his plan worked out just as planned. Even though they weren't successful in capturing the Moon girl.
"Master will be pleased, very much pleased," thought wormtail, adjusting his red waiters suit a bit.
~With Usagi and the outers~
Usagi winced slightly as she sat down in the backseat of Haruka's car. Her whole body ached, even though Hotaru was able to close any open wounds, including the wound from yesterday, her whole body still ached from crashing into that stall. 'I need a hundred year sleep,' she mused as she watched Haruka start the engine. Before she knew it they were on their way back to the inn.
"Are you alright?" came Michiru's melodic voice from the front gazing at her through the rear mirror.
Usagi managed a tired smile, "Just tired, thanks to Hotaru I don't have to worry for any wounds," she patted Hotaru's arms lightly. "Thanks firefly,"
"Don't mention it hime," grinned Hotaru, she was quite glad to help out her princess.
"Don't you think it was a bit odd, attacking two days straight?" asked Haruka after making a sharp right turn.
"They thought Sailor Moon was still weak, so they might have a better chance in capturing her," said Michiru, frowning lightly.
"Do you guys want to come in, maybe take a little rest?" asked Usagi when they stopped infront of the inn.
"We better go back to the mansion, I believe we still have to discuss the current situation. We will inform you tomorrow, if we have found something new," said Setsuna smiling kindly at the Moon girl. "Luna and Artemis will be staying with us for the night, I hope you don't mind," she added pointing to the two Moon cats who nodded.
Usagi shrugged, "Sure, well gotta go, see if Harry and the others are alright." She said smiling lightly. "It's great to have you all back again, well, Ja ne!" she waved them good bye as Haruka began to drive off.
Usagi sighed lightly, she was tired alright. She silently promised her aching body a nice hot bath in the baths, while she opened the doors. Upon entering the inn, she found that the whole lobby and lounge was alive with commotion. 'Does an attack get televised or something?' she asked dryly as she passed some local wizards chatter away excitedly talking about the attack at the mall.
"We heard," Uncle Sam said, when Usagi approached the receptionist desk. He was very much worried that Usagi might have gotten seriously hurt, since he heard from Harry and the others that Sailor Moon got thrown into a stand and that she did some serious magic.
Usagi gave the two of them a bitter smile, "Well, yes, who hasn't?!" she hissed at them while taking off her coat. "News travels around the wizarding world like wildfire, you know what? Maybe this time I will attach a live video camera to my uniform, so that everybody can see." She hissed, while making sure that nobody could hear them.
"You alirght?" asked Shingo eyeing his sister with bewilderment at the sudden outburst.
"Well, yeah. I got a few pains here and there. A bruise here and there. I HAD a broken rib, but thankfully healed by Saturn, and oh I got slammed into stall. So generally I'm fine, just fine," whispered Usagi, eyeing her brother and Uncle.
"Okay, you better cool off," said Uncle Sam eyeing his ranting niece.
Usagi scowled lightly but turned on her heal and headed to the lounge heading straight to the group of teens who were busy chattering away excitedly. Shingo trailed behind her, in fear that she might again do a sudden outburst.
"Usagi! Oh, did you hear?!" exclaimed Hermione excitedly, being the first one to notice the blond approaching them.
Usagi nodded mutely after sitting down next to Harry. She wanted to yell at them all, for being out of their minds and hiding behind a stall and watching the whole fight. They could have been killed if it wasn't for Usagi. She was angry alright, angry at the fact that if she wasn't there to protect them then they surely would have died. And she didn't want that to happen, no, she did not want that to happen. She had found friends, dear friends and she didn't want to loose them again. She had found love, and she didn't want to lose her love again. She didn't want to loose Harry, she would have died if he had killed. He now meant everything to her, he is the one reason why she is still here. He is the only reason why she is even continuing her life. He IS her life.....her soulmate.
"Excuse me......" mumbled Usagi, interrupting Ron as he told her about the attack. She quickly stood up and tried to blink back tears that blurred her eyes. 'What if he died?' she asked herself while suppressing a sob quickly exiting the lounge and heading for the baths.
"Usagi," whispered Harry in concern upon seeing tears brimming her eyes. He watched her disappear to the right. He somehow could feel her despair and....pain. He frowned lightly, feeling totally confused himself.
~Somewhere in Japan~
"Everything is working out as planned," mumbled Voldemort, as he stared into the flames. A sinister smiled appeared on his face upon seeing a crying Moon princess. Soon afterwards, evil laughter filled the air of the abandoned warehouse. "Good job wormtail,"
A man wearing a red waiter uniform stepped out of the shadows and stared up at Voldemort very much pleased. "Thank you master," said wormtail, being very much happy to please his master.
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
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"The Outers.."
Usagi was up on her feet, quickly releasing Harry's hand and bounding to the people by the door. Tears brimmed her vision as she hugged the nearest of the four. "Haruka!" cried Usagi happily into the older girls shoulder, feeling the familiar warmth of her friend.
"Koneko-chan, good to see you again too," chuckled Haruka happily hugging the younger girl tightly.
"I thought you guys would never come back," whispered Usagi as a few tears escaped her eyes and rolled down her cheek.
There was a stunned silence coming from the occupants of room, starring at the three girls and the blond guy, as they each hugged Usagi. Usagi seemed to look overjoyed to see these people, as they witnesses tears of happiness trickle down her cheeks. They all began to converse in rapid Japanese, leaving all the English people clueless of whatsoever was going on. The minister however, looked very much pleased.
"What?!" shouted Haruka finally, she was getting very much ticked off due to the fact that these people were staring at them as if they were some mannequins on a store display window. She only recognized a few people, the Minister or former magical adviser of Queen Serenity, Usagi's Uncle and her brother Shingo and for those other people, well, she hadn't the foggiest clue of who they were. She would actually care less if those people were of the mafia or something else, it still wouldn't have stopped her from getting to the princess. Speaking of the princess, she noted that she looked much better now.....much more happier.
"Haruka," scolded Michiru lightly patting the Uranian on the arm. She knew very well that she was very much tired from their long trip from their individual home planets, and she was getting ticked off by the minute in the end Michiru didn't want to know what it might turn out to be like.
Usagi oblivious to all the confusion, temper continued to chatter away with young Hotaru. She however stopped talking when she heard the minister of magic speak up.
"Ah, yes, what a pleasure to see you for ladies again," Kurosawa announced happily.
'Ladies?' that thought ran through Harry and the others heads. Surely the minister must have seen wrong, perhaps because of old age, his vision must be failing him. Oh, but how wrong they were. This earned a couple of raised eyebrows as the teens stared at Haruka skeptically.
"Ladies?" repeated Harry his gaze switching between the Minister to the blond guy who Usagi was currently latched to by the arm. Alright, so the minister was off his rockers but still he didn't quite like the idea of his girlfriend latching herself to a guy he hasn't the foggiest idea who he is. Out of the corner of his eyes he could see Shingo stifling his laughter behind his hand but he pushed the thought away why he was laughing. His thoughts wandered back to Usagi and the blond guys, what was his name? Haruka, yes, so alirght he was getting jealous, it is every boyfriends right to get jealous if they saw their girlfriend possessively cling to man who he had no idea about. He was pulled out of his tirade of jealous thoughts when the blond guy spoke up.
"Oh so we got a smart guy in here, look buddy you heard right the minister said ladies! Got a problem with that, four-eyes?!" snapped Haruka angrily. She was getting really pissed off, perhaps its because she was PMSing or something else. The trip was long, she was tired, the stupid employee pissed her off, Shingo kept on laughing that also ticked her off, he weren't the hime's brother he'd see lights right now, and now a smart guy with glasses pissed her off more. One more straw and she's explode.
"Now, now Haruka, that's no way to treat Harry Potter," scolded Setsuna lightly. Her ruby eyes danced playfully upon seeing the reaction from Haruka upon hearing the famous Harry Potters name. While they were away, they still knew about everything that was going on in their Hime's life.....she wasn't the guardian of time for nothing, right? So she absolutely knew everything about the princess love life. Back on Uranus, when the Uranian princess heard about their princess knew love interest, lets just say she wasn't too much thrilled. (She blew up one of the walls, actually....perhaps it were three but who's counting?)
Hotaru gave a little epp of surprise upon hearing Harry Potter's name. The 12 year old knew better than to stay in the way of Haruka. She knew exactly what was coming next, and she really didn't wish to be exactly in the fire line between Haruka and the controversial Harry that they all have heard about. Instinctively she hid behind Michiru, who also knew exactly was coming next. The young girl switched her gaze to Setsuna, to her surprise found her oblivious to Harukas harsh breathing and instead she was wiping off some dirt that was left on her business suit. 'Oh dear,' thought young Hotaru, silently praying to the Moon goddess Selene that no one will end up dead after this.
Haruka however looked like, to Usagi's opinion, a wounded dragon. Instinctively she released herself from Haruka's arm and frowned. Something was wrong here. She followed the blond's gaze and to her surprise found it at a considerably smaller Harry. 'What is going on?' she mused as she watched Harry cringe lightly under Haruka's deathly glare.
"This is THE Harry Potter?" asked Haruka, particularly directing the question to the unfazed Setsuna. "The Harry Potter that you were telling us about?" she asked again. When she received a simple yes from Setsuna.....she was seeing red. Se was really pissed now.....look out, a volcano is about to explode!
Harry considerably shrank in his seat as the guy, no girl glared daggers at him. So he easily got over the shock that the 'guy' was actually a girl. So jealousy easily went away, just like that. But he was quite surprised when these people knew his name, yet alone his family name. He easily concluded that due to the fact of his scar and him and the whole Voldemort thing but he soon also cancelled that idea since Haruka wasn't very much thrilled about meeting him like the rest of those people who want to meet the boy who lived but instead she looked at him...how shall he say...lethally. Oh, if looks could kill, he'd be dead by now. 'Okay, something is really wrong with this picture,' he mused as again he saw anger flicker in Haruka's eyes. Now he actually preferred facing off with Voldemort than being here with this girl. In his opinion she could kill Voldemort with ease by only giving him that kind of stare. 'Okay I'd gladly take on Voldemort than her right now,' he mused when he saw Haruka advance him slowly.
"Haruka!" shrieked Usagi loudly as she saw Haruka tackling down poor Harry to the floor and throttling him.
"Don't you dare hurt Usagi! Understand! Or I will personally come and kill you! How dare you even date her!" repeated the aggravated blond. She sat on top of Harry, her hands still throttling him, squeezing out any air that was left in him.
Harry didn't know what hit him, in his opinion it was a truck perhaps, but in reality it was just a really ticked off Haruka. She continued to throttle him, causing to throw his glasses askew. 'How life is bitter,' he thought dryly as he heard her words faintly.
"Young man....er, lady...let go of Harry this instant!" exclaimed Mr. Weasley, he quickly tried to retrieve his wand but still quite shocked at the out turn of the sudden events that it took quite a while to actually get it out of his pockets.
Shingo continued to laugh away gleefully, as did Uncle Sam and the Minister. The rest of the party however looked quite shocked to see a young blonde woman, dressed in mans clothing choking Harry Potter. They all tried to find a way to rescue Harry before he'd die.
Out of nowhere a croissant came flying out of nowhere and hit Haruka directly on the head. Haruka abruptly stopped her ranting and throttling (her hands were still however around a very dazed Harry's neck) and looked up to look into a very angry princess, holding another croissant in her hand.
"Do you want another one? Perhaps should I butter it for you?" asked Usagi waving the pastry in the air before also throwing it at the shocked older girl. With precise accuracy it hit Haruka's forehead and leaving some crumbs there.
It didn't take a rocket scientist for Haruka to find out that her hime was getting pissed. She quickly let go around Harry's neck and climbed off him, but didn't bother helping him up. Harry on the other hand sat on the ground, rubbed his neck coughing, trying to catch his breath. He had no clue whatsoever why on earth the blond attacked him in the first place.
"Are you alirght Harry?" he heard Usagi concerned voice coming from next to him. He found her kneeling next to him and rubbing his back giving him a concerned check up. He smiled at her, a warm feeling sweeping over him that someone actually cared so much for him and due the fact that she was again so close to him.
"Fine," he managed to say through his damaged throat.
Usagi nodded her head and turned and looked up at Haruka glaring at her angrily. "What do you think you were doing, almost killing my boyfriend like that?!" she shouted angrily at Haruka, who actually recoiled.
At the mention boyfriend, well, let just say there were too many reactions to actually put down. Well, Mrs. Weasley however was very much delighted at the idea, now completely forgetting of what happened earlier (forgetting the fact that Harry could have almost died due to suffocation) and instead thinking up weddings and what a wonderful couple they make. Uncle Sam, spit into his teacup, he was very much unaware that his niece had gotten a boyfriend, that boyfriend being none other Harry Potter himself. The minister however seemed very much delighted than ever. As for Haruka, well, she's being plain Haruka as always. And for Harry, he turned into a wonderful shade of red.
Usagi helped Harry stand back up and back into his seat. "Apologize," ordered Usagi, while roughly handing Harry a glass of water (spilling half of it on his shirt) and urging him to drink it. Harry wobbly took it and gulped it down slowly.
Haruka now looked like a little child being scolded. She crossed her arms and frowned. So getting the princess angry was one thing but refusing her orders was another thing. Saying sorry wasn't one of her expertise, especially if it were directed to a guy romantically linked to the princess.
"Haruka," she heard Michiru from behind her. She felt a rough jab in her ribs from Michiru urging her get it over with.
Haruka sighed loudly, knowing better than not following orders. She looked at Harry with still much defiance but mustered up all her dignity and mumbled the most hardest word in the world (In her opinion) "Sorry,"
Usagi frowned, but inwardly she did a summer Sault it wasn't everyday that you see Haruka apologize, "I believe Harry didn't hear you, a bit louder if you please," asked Usagi in an aristocratic way.
Setsuna, Michiru and Kurosawa couldn't help but crack a smile. Usagi is turning out to become a wonderful queen, it was quite evident from her actions.
Haruka sighed, "Look I'm sorry alright, gees," she said loudly throwing her arms up in the air and staring at the green eyes boy. Frankly she felt like she had just wounded her dignity.
"Well, then," Usagi smiled brightly at everyone completely ignoring Haruka's wounded dignity and the Ministers light chuckles. She patted Harry lightly on the shoulder, she was quite glad that he returned to his original color.
"I think you are all wondering on who these people are and who this vicious woman is," she smiled cheekily at her friends and earning a glare from Haruka. "This dangerous woman is Haruka Tenoh, that is Michiru Kaioh, this lady is Setsuna Meioh and that girl is Hotaru Tomoe. These are my friends, who just came from a very long trip." She said while pointing to each of the girls respectively.
"A pleasure to meet all of you," said Setsuna serenely, smiling rather mysteriously.
"Guys, these are Hermione, Ron, his sister Ginny, their parents Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and I guess you already know Harry," said Usagi shrugging her shoulders lightly. She knew that it was actually quite useless to tell them who these people were, she was quite sure that Setsuna knew all about this already. And knowing Setsuna she already informed her fellow outer senshi. "They come from England, and are here to make a report about the Sailor senshi. Isn't that just amazing?" she faked, grinning broadly at them.
"Uh, yes, quite amazing," said Michiru, smiling lightly.
"You wouldn't happen, to have any other information about the senshi do you?" asked Mr. Weasley eagerly.
"No, I believe what minister Kurosawa had told you was quite all of it," stated Haruka. 'We got loads of information, information that would make you cringe,' she thought dryly.
"Yes, I believe that is all," agreed the minister, sharing a brief smile with Setsuna.
"Usagi," began Setsuna giving the blond a meaningful glance. "We should go,"
Usagi looked up and frowned, "Go?" she asked.
"Go?" repeated Harry also frowning. Where were they taking her? He didn't know these people and now they were going to god knows where with Usagi. So yes, he's being protective, it's again one of the primary rules of being a boyfriend.
"Yes, go do you have a problem with that to four eyes?" snapped Haruka. She quickly however shut her mouth when she received a death glare from Usagi and a slap on the arm from Michiru, she was quite sure if Setsuna would have been transformed into Sailor Pluto she would be whacked on the head by Pluto's famous time staff.
Usagi sighed, understanding completely what they meant. "Of course, lunch! How could I forget," she exclaimed. She picked up Luna from the ground, who witnesses the whole ordeal with much amusement and headed for the doors.
"I'll see you guys later ok," she said referring to Harry and the others before the five of them disappeared through the doors.
"Now that was weird," muttered Ron, scratching his head. He only understood half of what had happened.
Harry on the other hand found it very weird. He absentmindedly rubbed his sore neck while trying to register what just happened.
"I believe that my work is done here, it's a pleasure meeting you all," announced Kurosawa standing up.
"Why don't we accompany you back to the ministry," suggested Mr. Weasley, eager to learn more.
Kurosawa chuckled, "Of course Arthur why not, may be you'll find out more of the senshi over there as well,"
Mr. and Mrs. Weasley quickly followed the old minister back to the lobby's fireplace and back to the Ministry in luck of finding more information about the mysterious senshi.
"I guess I'd best be off to work again, you kids have a wonderful afternoon then," announced Uncle Sam seeing that there was nothing else to do, well perhaps find a new set of doors for the conference room that is. He quickly left the room as well, in hopes of finding a new set of doors somewhere.
"You alright Harry?" asked Hermione full of concern.
Harry nodded, "Yes, I'm fine, a bit out of breath but still very much a live," he muttered.
Shingo grinned, "Don't mind Haruka, she's always like that,"
"What do you mean? Does she always attack guys and try to kill them?" asked Ginny sarcastically.
Shingo fought the urge to roll his eyes, "No, she's always like that towards any guy that is Usagi's boyfriend. She's quite the protective kind."
"Oh," breathed Harry. Right then and there, he promised himself never to come in a five feet radius with Haruka Tenoh or else he might never see living daylight again.
"I'm getting hungry, maybe we should grab a bite to eat," suggested Ron, after letting his stomach grumble loudly again.
"You're always about food," muttered Hermione.
"We could go to the mall, there are plenty of food stands there and maybe do some shopping," suggested Ginny, they went once to the mall she took an immediate liking of it and promised that they would go back there once again.
"Yeah," agreed Ron happily, he liked the mall; there were all kinds of muggle things that he had never seen before.
"The mall it is," announced Shingo happily grinning at his friends.
~With Usagi and the others~
"You know we aren't going out for lunch alone," said Haruka while driving her open roof red sports car. She stared at Usagi through the mirror with her usual black shades on.
Usagi rolled her eyes, "Of course I am very much aware of that," she said, she kept a firm hold on her French braid so that it wouldn't fly around too much. "Do you think that I believe that you would come all the way from your home planets back on earth, just to ask me out for lunch?"
"Where are we heading?" asked young Hotaru leaning towards the front seats by Michiru.
"The mall," answered Michiru, smiling serenely at the young girl.
"Yey! Will you buy me ice cream?" asked Hotaru her eyes dancing happily.
Setsuna laughed lightly and ruffled the girls black hair, "Why don't we all have ice cream after lunch,"
"Yey!" exclaimed Hotaru happily, she may act like any normal eleven year old but she has the knowledge and wisdom of any older senshi.
"Hmmm, sound fair. And Haruka has to pay," added Usagi a small smirk playing on her lips.
"What?!" exclaimed the Uranian.
Usagi crossed her arms across her chest and frowned, she stared at the driving blond infront of her. "For being so mean to Harry and almost killing him, that will be your punishment. You behavior was quite unexplainable," she said in a huff.
"Yeah, yeah, I get it. Gees next time I'll be nicer to that guy," muttered Haruka to herself as they drove up into the malls parking lot. 'Yeah right,' she added inwardly smirking.
~In the Mall, at one particular restaurant~
Usagi, Haruka, Setsuna, Michiru and Hotaru ate lunch at one of the many restaurants of the mall. The occupied one of the private room so that could have their privacy and talk of, well, business.
"Do you know about the current situation?" asked Usagi after the fat red suited waiter brought their food and left them.
"Of course we do, I wouldn't be senshi of time for nothing," said Setsuna smiling at the young Moon princess.
"True," agreed Usagi after eating some of her spaghetti.
"So what do we do?" asked Hotaru after all had some bites of their own foods.
"We wait for another attack," said Artemis, his head popping out of Michiru's handbag.
"We can't do anything if there is nothing to do," added Luna, her head also popping out of Setsuna's handbag.
"May we see you arm?" asked Michiru staring at Usagi's left arm.
Usagi nodded and pulled up the sleeve, exposing the white, bloodied bandage covering the whole forearm. "It still hurts but not as much as last night," she said. She pushed Hotaru's hand away, and smiled "There is no need to heal it, it's just a minor wound no biggie. It'll just heal by it's own. You know very well that my healing abilities are getting better,"
"But," Hotaru wanted to help her princess; she could bear to see the hime in pain.
Usagi shock her head while she pulled she sleeve back over her forearm, "I gotta do this on my own, and this is just one way on improving my powers. I can't always depend on you to heal me, and besides it'll just drain you from your powers and we can't have you faint and you wont be able to eat your ice cream,"
Hotaru sighed, no use with arguing with the princess. 'Once she gets her mind set, there is no way on stopping her,' mused the little girl while chewing on a loaf of bread.
Luna and Artemis explained to them their theory about Voldemort and his need of Usagi's blood. Usagi joined in and retold them about last night's attack. In the end telling them that the new youmas are much more stronger than before. Their conversation was being interrupted by the fat waiter when he came back inside and cleared the table.
"Your theories are very much true," finalized Setsuna, her eyes holding a serious glint in them.
"I knew it, why else would he want her blood," whispered Artemis his head popping out off Michiru's bag.
Usagi frowned and sank deeper into her chair. "This doesn't look good at all," she whispered.
"I know, but just look at it this way. At least we are here to help you, not like those damn, stupid, moronic, inners..." muttered Haruka smirking down at Usagi.
"Haruka! Watch your language, Hotaru is here!" scolded Michiru slapping Haruka with the red table napkin.
"His youmas are strong, due to the fact that magic is mixed within them. They are no longer like those brainless youmas we fought before, they contain some of his intelligence," concluded Setsuna, while watching Michiru and Haruka's little argue.
"So what now? We wait for another attack, just like that?" asked Usagi again.
"Yes, just like that. Now why don't we pay for our bill and head for some ice cream?" suggested Setsuna smiling happily to see Hotaru's excited smile. "Haruka?"
Haruka grumbled loudly, pulling out her wallet and taking out a few bills, mumbling something about too high prices and permanently killing Harry Potter. Usagi giggled lightly upon seeing Haruka's almost pained look and almost empty wallet.
~Somewhere else in the mall~
"I am stuffed," exclaimed Ron happily while they were all walking down the white marble floor, passing by different shops.
"You and food," muttered Hermione, she finally concluded that Ron was a lost case when it came to food. Sighing she held onto his hand a little more tightly, a little grin appeared on her lips......perhaps that was one reason she loved him so much.
"Do you think Usagi is anywhere here?" asked Harry out of the blue as they passed the huge white marble water fountain. He enjoyed this trip but he thought it would be even better if he had Usagi to keep him company. He hoped that he could actually spend the rest of the summer vacation with her since soon they will be leaving for England again and god knows when ever he would be coming back to Japan to see her. And he wasn't very much sure if he could survive a long distance relationship, yet alone bare it that she wasn't around at all at Hogwarts. Sure Ron and Hermione won't have a problem, they'd see each other everyday, one can say that you could surgically link them if it is possible. He sighed loudly, he really knew how to mess his love life up.
"Umm, earth to Harry, come in, earth to Harry!" shouted Shingo loudly waving a hand infront of Harry's face.
"What?!" exclaimed Harry irritated. He blushed when he soon realized that he had spaced out and all of them stopped walking and stared at him with bewildered expressions.
"You just stood there and spaced out, is there something wrong?" chuckled Ron.
Harry shock his head and they all continued walking. "Nothing, I was just wondering that's all,"
"Wondering where Usagi is?" giggled Hermione pushing Harry lightly to the side.
Harry blushed lightly but didn't say anything. "Isn't it quite surprising that Usagi knows so much about the senshi? Like what she said earlier about that stuff being reborn and all?"
"Yes, it is quite intriguing, so what do you suppose?" asked Hermione, her brows furrowed and thinking up some reasonable answers.
"She could be linked to the senshi!" suggested Ginny gripping onto Shingo's arm, her eyes sparkling finding that idea rather wonderful. Shingo on the other hand, had to refrain himself from keeling over.
"Or better yet, she IS a senshi!" exclaimed Ron rather loudly, so he was getting into this whole guessing game but still due to his rather enthusiastic exclamation it earned him a numerous raised eyebrows and bewildered looks from shoppers. Some even edged away from the group seeing that this teen may not be quite, how shall they say, right there.
That really did the trick, Shingo stumbled and feel face first onto the cool white marble ground. Ginny squealed loudly and dove after him, frantically helping her boyfriend standing up and wiping any dirt present on his shirt. Shingo however mumbled something inaudible and clearly in Japanese.
"Why-y don't-t we go g-get some i-ice cream," suggested Shingo, beginning to walk straight a head leaving his friends behind. 'Things are getting very much out of hand,' thought Shingo as the others caught up with him.
They continued walking until they heard screams and shouts coming from the other end of the mall.
~With Usagi and the others~
"Do you feel that?" asked Michiru, looking up to meet four serious faces. They were currently finishing their ice cream, when a dark energy swept over them.
"I felt it, and let's just day I can see it too," mumbled Usagi staring at the glass of water on their black table. The glass, shock lightly making the water spill over a bit.
"C'mon, let's move," Haruka stood up and cracked her knuckles and smirk appeared on her face. "Time to kick some magical youma butt,"
Setsuna nodded and followed Harukas suit. "Better pay for these though,"
Usagi sweatdropped, "Even in the most critical situations, you still pay for you bill," she said while watching Haruka sigh in defeat and pull out her wallet and place some bills on their table.
When they walked out the café, there was no use for them to look any further. Outside people were running in one direction to another, pure terror was written all over their faces. Since they were on the top floor they looked down the railings and to their surprise found two youmas creating havoc on the ground floor. Usagi immediately identified one of them as the one who attacked her yesterday. The yellow one, other hand looked much smaller and not so tough but she knew that looks could be fooled. The two of them were currently rampaging around destroying everything in sight occasionally lashing out at some innocent shoppers.
"Lets find a place to transform," suggested Michiru. Hotaru quickly pointed out a small deserted passage, seeing that it would be the best place to transform.
~At the ground floor~
The purple one growled loudly as one of those damn humans escaped his clutches. People were running away from the two youmas. Both of them were very much successful in destroying most of the shops and injuring a lot of people.
'Master would be very pleased,' thought the purple youma. As his eyes scanned the crowd for one particular person. They were instructed to try to find Sailor Moon again, this time they were informed that she would have allies. The more the merrier, chuckled the youma as he trampled over the glass bench.
"So this is a youma?!" gasped Ron his eyes growing as huge as saucers as they reached the area of destruction. "Ugly," he muttered.
"No one ever told that they were beauty pageant winners Ron," snapped Hermione while eyeing one of the gigantic monsters. When they heard the screams and shouts coming from the other end of the mall, they had to see for themselves what was going on. She had never expected to see a youma up close before, and frankly she wasn't expecting to get any closer any more.
Shingo scanned his eyes in the crowd, hoping that he would find Usagi anywhere. 'Where are you?' his mind screamed.
"We should help them," muttered Harry determinedly, as he began walking out of their hiding place. They hid behind one of the stalls, being clearly out of view of the monsters.
"No!" chorused four voices and pulling Harry back down.
"This is no time to be a hero Harry!" warned Ginny her eyes still on one of the youmas.
"We can't use our wands, we aren't allowed to do so. I am sure that someone will come soon, perhaps the ministry or even Sailor Moon," whispered Hermione angrily. She quickly ducked as a potted plant whizzed over their heads nearly missing hers by a centimeter.
"Sailor Moon will come, you guys just wait," assured Shingo his eyes still scanning the frantic crowd. 'Where are you Sailor Moon?' his eyes showing much concern.
'Where's Usagi?' thought Harry, his green eyes scanning the panic stricken crowd for any sign of his blond girlfriend or any of her friends. He just hoped that she was alright and not hurt. He watched with huge eyes as the purple youma picked up a bench and threw it to the nearby window.
"Hey, scumbag! Who the hell do you think you are?!" came a mysterious voice from above, echoing throughout the mall.
Harry and the others looked up and to their very surprise they saw Sailor Moon, she looked exactly like in the picture and four other senshi. The five of them, were standing on the railing of the third floor.
The lips of the purple youma curled into a sinister smile upon seeing who had arrived. 'Finally,' it thought. He dropped what ever he was holding and continued to gaze up at the soldiers. People who were still around stopped running and gazed up and cheered loudly when they saw the senshi.
'Urgh, people can be so stupid sometimes. Why do they just stand there and cheer? Why don't they just run away to safety?' wondered Sailor Moon. Her attention fixed back to the two youmas.
"Gees, you never give up do you?" muttered Sailor Moon to the purple youma. "How about we introduce ourselves to your little friend," she suggested.
"Protector of what is good, I stand for love and justice. Guardian of all the innocent, I am Sailor Moon, how dare you disrupt peace!" shouted Sailor Moon angrily.
"Guardian of time, Sailor Pluto. Protector of the princess and the innocent," said Pluto waving her staff expertly.
"Senshi of the oceans, Sailor Neptune. Protector of the princess and the innocent," exclaimed Neptune folding her arms across her chest.
"Senshi of the skies, Sailor Uranus. Here to kick you asses!" shouted Uranus a ready to fight glint in her eyes was quite evident as she cracked her knuckles.
"Senshi of death and rebirth, Sailor Saturn. Prepare for your death," whispered Saturn her glaive ready for action.
"Finally, Sailor Moon has arrived," rasped the purple youma staring at the middle senshi.
"It talks!" said Uranus. "Well you really are talented," she finished sarcastically. "Me and Neptune will take smart mouth and Pluto and Saturn will take of yellow over there. Hime take care of the people we don't want you get hurt," she ordered.
Sailor Moon was about to protest but to her wonderful luck they already jumped off railing and landed expertly on the ground getting ready to fight the youmas. 'How peachy, just because of one measly wound they don't want me to fight,' she thought dryly. Looking down again, she already found her senshi fight the two youmas. In her opinion it looked very much even.
"Here I go," she muttered to herself as she jumped off the third floor railing, her wings (AN: Think of Eternal Sailor Moon's fuku in the manga! The wings are real!) Making the landing much easier.
"I can't believe I just saw that," muttered Ginny in disbelief as she stared at Sailor Moon with huge eyes. Moon was busy helping some injured people get away from the area.
"Talk about legs," muttered Ron dreamily eyeing the senshi. This earned him a painful whack on the head by Hermione.
Shingo grinned happily as he watched his sister help another victim far away from the youmas. 'Finally,' he thought happily.
Harry watched as Sailor Moon kneeled next to one person who had a huge gash on his shoulder, she placed her hand over it and to his surprise her glove glowed light pink and she healed him. He watched her as she smiled kindly to the man and help him stand up and bring him to the other victims. He frowned when he suddenly felt that he knew her from somewhere. She looked somewhat very much familiar.
"Sailor Moon watch out!" screamed Pluto; the yellow youma was able to get past them. He was very quick and they had a very hard time keeping up with him. Her ruby eyes watched as the youma darted towards Sailor Moon.
"What the?!" yelled Moon as she felt herself get tackled to the ground by some unknown force. It dawned to her when she smelt the not so pleasant breath of the youma. "Ewww," muttered Moon, alright the thing was small but still it got a huge bad breath problem.
"Haven't you ever heard of a breath mint or something?!" shouted Moon while trying frantically to get her self free. She could feel the pain from the claws digging into her flesh.
"Master will be pleased," muttered the youma happily eyeing the Moonchild under him. He firmly grabbed her by both shoulders and pulled her up with him. "Master will be pleased," he repeated again.
"Yeah, yeah, I heard your crap," hissed Moon angrily, for being small; the youma had quite some strength in him. he was practically breaking her shoulder bones, and his claws dug dangerously deep into her flesh drawing already some blood. 'Obviously these are the only four words he knows,' thought Sailor Moon darkly as again the youma repeated 'Master will be pleased. In the corner of her mind, she wondered where Pluto and Saturn where, she soon found the two of them trying frantically making their way to them all the same trying avoid fireballs from the purple one.
Sailor Moon squirmed trying frantically to get free from the youma's grasp. She felt herself being pulled towards a.....portal?! 'Oh this is not good,' thought Usagi.
"Master will be pleased," repeated the youma obviously very happy that he succeeded in capturing Sailor Moon.
"Well, yes I have realized that," muttered Sailor Moon sarcastically. "But you know what, I think I'm going to burst your little bubble," she added.
The youma's eyes grew wide with surprise as he felt the cold blade of Saturn's glaive create a deep cut. It screamed loudly, in the process throwing Sailor Moon out of his grasps and hurling her into the nearby stand, sending her and the stand crashing into the marble wall. And, well, exposing five young wide-eyed teens that were once hiding behind the stand.
"Took you guys long.....oh no," muttered Sailor Moon, behind the rubble upon seeing who was just standing a few feet away from her. 'Shit,' she mentally cursed, feeling her blood run cold as she saw the manic glint in the youmas eyes upon seeing the group of teens. 'Harry!' her mind screamed, she had to protect him. These were Voldemorts youmas; they would know about Harry, she knew that they would like to get their grubby, clawed hands on him.
"I think we have a problem," whimpered Ginny eyeing the youmas wearily her heart pounding against her chest rapidly. She clutched Shingo's arms as if it were her lifeline.
"Don't panic," whispered Harry his eyes wandering from senshi to youma totally unsure what to do. Don't panic, the familiar quote that Ron knew all too well, meaning that they'd be in pretty much deep trouble. Harry's eyes wandered to the pale Moon senshi, Sailor Moon, his green eyes meet with her cerulean blue ones and he felt a sudden pang of familiarity.
"Don't panic?!" shrieked Ron eyeing Harry as if he had grown an extra head. "Are you mad?! We are about to get hurt and that is all you can say?! Don't panic?!" he shouted.
"Shut up Ron!" whispered Hermione eyeing the youmas.
'Oh shit, oh holy shit,' thought Shingo cursing mentally. 'Usagi's going to give me an earful,' he thought darkly. 'If I'm going to be alive after this, that is,' he added almost picturing himself and Usagi ranting on and on about him being so foolish and bringing everyone so near at a battlefield.
Uranus, Neptune and the youma, as well as the rest al stopped their fighting and instead turned their attention to the frightened teens. Sailor Moon on the other hand, still was trying hard to get out from underneath all the rubble. She had to do something or else she might never see her friends again.
"Harry Potter," rasped the purple youma in delight upon seeing the green eyed boy. So they might not get the Moon senshi today, at least they are able to offer their masters enemy Harry Potter to him. His red lips curled into a sinister smile, completely ignoring the presence of the two senshi in front of him. He kicked the two bruised senshi when their guards were down, sending them flying in opposite directions. He was very much pleased to find that his companion did the same to the other two senshi that were in their way.
"You guys! Watch out!" shouted Uranus angrily as she watched with fearful eyes, as both of the youmas created huge red fireballs the same size as two fully grown elephants or by any chance even bigger, being aimed directly at Harry and his friends. As much as she might like seeing Harry pulverized for dating Usagi, she rather wished to do it herself than let be it done by the enemy. She heard Neptune gasp when the two fireballs were released.
Harry's eyes grew wide upon the sight of the monstrosity of the two fireballs that were hurdling their way at a very high speed. He could practically feel their heat radiating off them. 'This is it, I'm going to die,' thought Harry, fearfully taking a step backwards. He knew if they were going to run, it would be no use. He could see Ginny sobbing from the corner of his eyes, what could save him now would be a miracle. Harry closed his eyes, waiting for the hot impact........it never came. He opened his eyes, he heard the girls gasp from behind him and he was quite sure that Ron would be gawking, but infront of them stood none other than Sailor Moon, somehow repelling the fireballs.
Sailor Moon grunted loudly, creating a repelling shield wasn't very much easy. She was able to get out of the ruble and make her white staff appear and create a shield strong enough to repel the gigantic fireballs. Normally, she wouldn't be able to make her staff appear, it usually took much energy to make it appear. (AN: This is the staff, that Neo Queen Serenity has, you know the silvery white one. If not, then imagine a long elegant staff ^_^) However, the staff helped much greatly in channeling her powers properly even though she'd use it only if she became queen soon, which is still very far away. Beads of sweat trickled down her forehead, as she continued to hold the staff infront of her supporting the mortal with all her might, knowing exactly if she'd just waver a millisecond then she and the rest would be burnt to a perfect crisp.
"What the hell are you waiting for?! Run! Harry, get the hell out of here!" screamed Sailor Moon to the startled teens. The force of the balls made her move a bit backwards.
Shingo numbly nodded, trying hard to forget their near to death experience. He pushed Ron to the opposite direction, signaling them to get away from here. The others willingly obliged. Not even daring to look back, the five of them ran to the nearest exits hearts pounding hard against their chests.
Harry was very much surprised to hear Sailor Moon calling him his name. How on earth could she know his name? And what surprised him more was the fact she spoke fluent English, wasn't Sailor Moon Japanese? His heart pounded against his chest as they finally arrived outside the mall, they exited through the fire exits. Taking in a deep breath of fresh air, he tired to clear his mind and wipe away the thoughts that he nearly might have died.
"Is everybody alright?" wheezed Hermione, clearly being very much level headed about the whole situation, tough one can clearly see that she still looked rather frightened.
"Fine, just wonderfully peachy," whispered Ginny leaning heavily against the wall, while Shingo continued patting her shoulder, futile to calm her down a bit.
Ron however took it a bit harder, "Now I know what it is like to look death in the eye," he muttered. He was still very much shaken up.
"Maybe it is best if we just head back to the inn, I know a short cut. C'mon," pointed out Shingo. He took everything a bit lighter. His eyes darted around the deserted alley, as if trying to find something suspicious lurking around.
Harry nodded and followed Shingo silently. He turned back around and stared at the closed fire exit, hoping that Sailor Moon was doing alright.
~Back inside~
Sailor Moon collapsed with exhaustion as the outers helped her destroy the fireballs before they would burn her up. She looked up when she heard Uranus swore loudly.
"Damn it! They disappeared! I swear when I get my hands on those two pieces of....."
"Uranus! Stop it! Watch your mouth!" scolded Neptune covering Saturn's ears with her gloved hands.
Uranus folded her arms angrily but said nothing. She turned her attention to their surrounding, and almost keeled over. The destruction was devastating. Many shops were destroyed and it looked like a tornado had it the mall. Part of the second floor actually crashed down, the ground looked like a battlefield with scorch marks everywhere. Even some blood splatters were quite evident.
"Oh boy," whistled Uranus, kicking away a piece of marble with her boot.
"Who's going to clean up this mess?" asked Saturn eyeing the shards of glass that littered the floor.
Sailor Moon shakily stood up and frowned, "At least the worst is over, no one got hurt. And we, well, barely made it through,"
"Sailor Moon is right," came a voice from behind an upturned plant. Luna and Artemis jumped out from behind it and stared at the battered up senshi. "This just shows how powerful Voldemort really is," finished Luna, her voice echoing through the deserted mall.
"We should head back home, looks like the police arrives too late as usual," suggested Artemis nodding his head behind the senshi.
And sure enough dozens of armed men came bursting their way towards them. Pluto sighed and waved her staff, creating a portal, "Lets take a short cut," she suggested smiling mysteriously at them before jumping into the portal. The others soon followed the suit.
All what was left in the deserted mall, was the ruble, destruction and dozens of confused armed men who paroled the area in search of any other hostilities. Or.....not. In one deserted dark corner, stood a lone figure. From where he stood he had a sure view of seeing everything that had happened. He wore a familiar red waiters suit and was quite fat, he grinned evilly, showing off his unnaturally yellow teeth. His beady eyes watched with delight as the police continued their search. It seemed that his plan worked out just as planned. Even though they weren't successful in capturing the Moon girl.
"Master will be pleased, very much pleased," thought wormtail, adjusting his red waiters suit a bit.
~With Usagi and the outers~
Usagi winced slightly as she sat down in the backseat of Haruka's car. Her whole body ached, even though Hotaru was able to close any open wounds, including the wound from yesterday, her whole body still ached from crashing into that stall. 'I need a hundred year sleep,' she mused as she watched Haruka start the engine. Before she knew it they were on their way back to the inn.
"Are you alright?" came Michiru's melodic voice from the front gazing at her through the rear mirror.
Usagi managed a tired smile, "Just tired, thanks to Hotaru I don't have to worry for any wounds," she patted Hotaru's arms lightly. "Thanks firefly,"
"Don't mention it hime," grinned Hotaru, she was quite glad to help out her princess.
"Don't you think it was a bit odd, attacking two days straight?" asked Haruka after making a sharp right turn.
"They thought Sailor Moon was still weak, so they might have a better chance in capturing her," said Michiru, frowning lightly.
"Do you guys want to come in, maybe take a little rest?" asked Usagi when they stopped infront of the inn.
"We better go back to the mansion, I believe we still have to discuss the current situation. We will inform you tomorrow, if we have found something new," said Setsuna smiling kindly at the Moon girl. "Luna and Artemis will be staying with us for the night, I hope you don't mind," she added pointing to the two Moon cats who nodded.
Usagi shrugged, "Sure, well gotta go, see if Harry and the others are alright." She said smiling lightly. "It's great to have you all back again, well, Ja ne!" she waved them good bye as Haruka began to drive off.
Usagi sighed lightly, she was tired alright. She silently promised her aching body a nice hot bath in the baths, while she opened the doors. Upon entering the inn, she found that the whole lobby and lounge was alive with commotion. 'Does an attack get televised or something?' she asked dryly as she passed some local wizards chatter away excitedly talking about the attack at the mall.
"We heard," Uncle Sam said, when Usagi approached the receptionist desk. He was very much worried that Usagi might have gotten seriously hurt, since he heard from Harry and the others that Sailor Moon got thrown into a stand and that she did some serious magic.
Usagi gave the two of them a bitter smile, "Well, yes, who hasn't?!" she hissed at them while taking off her coat. "News travels around the wizarding world like wildfire, you know what? Maybe this time I will attach a live video camera to my uniform, so that everybody can see." She hissed, while making sure that nobody could hear them.
"You alirght?" asked Shingo eyeing his sister with bewilderment at the sudden outburst.
"Well, yeah. I got a few pains here and there. A bruise here and there. I HAD a broken rib, but thankfully healed by Saturn, and oh I got slammed into stall. So generally I'm fine, just fine," whispered Usagi, eyeing her brother and Uncle.
"Okay, you better cool off," said Uncle Sam eyeing his ranting niece.
Usagi scowled lightly but turned on her heal and headed to the lounge heading straight to the group of teens who were busy chattering away excitedly. Shingo trailed behind her, in fear that she might again do a sudden outburst.
"Usagi! Oh, did you hear?!" exclaimed Hermione excitedly, being the first one to notice the blond approaching them.
Usagi nodded mutely after sitting down next to Harry. She wanted to yell at them all, for being out of their minds and hiding behind a stall and watching the whole fight. They could have been killed if it wasn't for Usagi. She was angry alright, angry at the fact that if she wasn't there to protect them then they surely would have died. And she didn't want that to happen, no, she did not want that to happen. She had found friends, dear friends and she didn't want to loose them again. She had found love, and she didn't want to lose her love again. She didn't want to loose Harry, she would have died if he had killed. He now meant everything to her, he is the one reason why she is still here. He is the only reason why she is even continuing her life. He IS her life.....her soulmate.
"Excuse me......" mumbled Usagi, interrupting Ron as he told her about the attack. She quickly stood up and tried to blink back tears that blurred her eyes. 'What if he died?' she asked herself while suppressing a sob quickly exiting the lounge and heading for the baths.
"Usagi," whispered Harry in concern upon seeing tears brimming her eyes. He watched her disappear to the right. He somehow could feel her despair and....pain. He frowned lightly, feeling totally confused himself.
~Somewhere in Japan~
"Everything is working out as planned," mumbled Voldemort, as he stared into the flames. A sinister smiled appeared on his face upon seeing a crying Moon princess. Soon afterwards, evil laughter filled the air of the abandoned warehouse. "Good job wormtail,"
A man wearing a red waiter uniform stepped out of the shadows and stared up at Voldemort very much pleased. "Thank you master," said wormtail, being very much happy to please his master.
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