AN: Okay, finally, the next chapter is here! Lol. Sorry to keep you all
waiting. I've gotten so many reviews...I'm sooooo happy! Thank you thank
you thank you! And thank you (Angela N) for letting me keep on writing
this.
Okay, just a note, Haruka is a guy in this fic. I liked the idea of Haruka being male better than female, so I made him a "gender-changer" just like Fighter, Healer, and Maker.
Chapter 7: Hangin' Out. Meeting Friends of Friends.
"Over here!" Mina called to the rest of them as she grabbed Yaten's arm and practically dragged him into the favorite hang-out of high school students, Zone. Zone was a large building that was half a pizza parlor and half a huge arcade with a snack and beverage bar.
"Hey Andrew," Makoto greeted the very cute college guy standing behind the counter of the snack and beverage bar. The Zone was crowded.
"Hi Andrew," greeted the rest of the group, except the Four Lights.
"Hey Mako, hey girls. What's up? I see the whole gang's here," Andrew said with a smile.
"Yeah, and we've got some other people here too," Makoto gestured to the four newcomers. "This is Serena Tsukino, Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten Kou," she introduced, smiling widely at Andrew, a twinkle in her eye.
"Nice to meet you," Andrew said to them.
"Same here."
"Hey wait, don't I know you guys?" Andrew frowned, trying to remember some sort of detail. Then he remembered, "Oh! You guys are the Four Lights! That famous band that's touring Japan, right?"
"Yup, that's us," Serena said, sliding her arms around Seiya's waist as he pulled her close to him with his arm around her.
"You four are my little sister Miho's favorite band," Andrew. "And I like a couple of your songs?"
"Really? That's great," Serena said and smiled.
"Hey Sere, let's check out that racecar game," Seiya told her, looking towards the back of the arcade.
"All right." The couple headed off towards the game.
Yaten turned to Taiki. "I bet you twenty bucks for 10 minutes."
"Nah, it'll be 5 minutes." Taiki grinned and shook Yaten's outstretched hand to close the bet.
"What are you two betting about?" Ami asked curiously, asking the question the others were wondering too.
"How long it'll be before Serena and Seiya start making-out," Yaten replied, looking at his watch.
"Oh," Mina looked towards the couple. "Looks like Taiki is going to win." The others turned to look.
Seiya had his arm around Serena as they waited for someone to finish playing the racing game. Serena was running her hand up and down Seiya's back and Seiya was whispering something to her. In a couple of minutes, the two were kissing each other softly.
"Ha! I win. Pay up Taiki." Yaten held out his hand to Taiki.
Taiki grumbled and pulled out his wallet. The girls and Andrew laughed.
Makoto looked back at the couple. "You know, they look so cute together."
"Yeah," Mina and Rei said.
Just then, there was a shriek from outside the arcade. "Look! It's Taiki and Yaten!! AAAHHH!!!"
"Oh no," Yaten moaned. "Weren't those autographs enough?!"
"Come on, we can lose them in the back of the arcade!" Makoto said and led the group quickly through the crowd of people.
A mob of a dozen girls ran into the arcade shrieking out, "Yaten! Taiki!", but they stopped when they saw none of the males of the Four Lights. The girls looked frantically around for the two idols. The one of them spotted Seiya-and Serena.
"Oh my god!" the girl screamed in shock. That got the others attention, not to mention the attention of almost everyone in the arcade. "It's Seiya! And he's making out with Serena!"
"What?!" the other girls yelled. They looked at the couple, who had heard the last of the outburst. "No way! Oh my god! They are!" The girls rushed over to the couple, but the two just stood there, arms around each other.
"Seiya! You can't be dating Serena! Please say you aren't!" pleaded one girl.
"You aren't good enough for him Serena!" sneered another.
"I read you guys were just friends!" a girl almost cried, tears welling in her eyes and her voice cracking.
"Hey!" Seiya shouted, eyes glaring at the mob of girls. "Who gives you the right to tell my girlfriend she's not good enough to be with me?"
"We're your number one fans, Seiya!" a different girl exclaimed.
"Well she's my girlfriend, and right now, you don't seem like number one fans," Seiya told them. "My number one fans would be respecting and supporting the choices I make, including who I date!"
"But Seiya! Serena's-"
"I've had enough of this. Leave us alone," Seiya ordered them and gently steered Serena to the side of the racing game.
There were murmurs in the group of girls but they left the arcade, sending backward glares at Serena, who promptly ignored them. Serena looked up at the steamed Seiya. She put up a hand to caress his cheek and said softly, "Seiya, forget about them. They don't bother me."
"Well they bothered me. What right do they have to say whom I can and can't date? And they said you aren't good enough for me!" Seiya seethed.
"Seiya," Serena said softly. "Shut up." She pulled him down to kiss her.
As soon as her lips touched his, Seiya forgot about the girls and their rude remarks. He pulled Serena gently closer to him. Just as he deepened the kiss, a snicker was heard from behind them. Seiya pulled away from Serena. As he turned around, he said, "Yaten, why can't you mind your own business?"
Yaten replied simply, "Because it's much more fun to bother you." Taiki chuckled as Mina and the girls laughed.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever," Serena said with a smile. She slid her arm around Seiya's waist.
Just then, there was a wild twirling of lights and beeping coming from the racing game. The group of new friends turned to look and saw that the light at the top of the game was spinning as the blond haired guy at the game turned the steering wheel.
The man had short blond hair and blue eyes. It was as if he was so used to the game that he drove casually, sometimes taking his eyes off the screen to look at his companion who sat in the other game seat next to him. His companion was a beautiful girl with sea-green hair and mysterious blue eyes. She had a calm look about her, just like the man, but also one of elegance and poise. The girl sat facing towards the young man, not playing the game.
"Oh, it's Haruka and Michiru," Rei said quietly, gaining the attention of the Four Lights.
"You know them?" Taiki asked.
"Yeah, we do. They're kind of-friends of ours," Makoto said.
After completing the final lap, the man entered the initials HT and stood up from the game. He smiled to the girl as he stood. Then he turned to look at the group, as if he had always knew they were there. "Hey girls," the 22- year-old man said in his deep voice, looking at Mina, Makoto, Ami, and Rei. Then his eyes landed on Serena. "And who might you be, Beautiful?" He smiled. Makoto, Rei, and Mina rolled their eyes.
"I'm Serena Tsukino," Serena said, leaning to Seiya. "And this is my boyfriend Seiya Kou, and his brothers, Yaten and Taiki."
"Boyfriend huh?" he looked disappointed. "Too bad." He looked her up and down, checking out her slim but flattering figure.
"Oh Haruka. Stop it," reprimanded the elegant woman who came up behind the man, putting her arm around his waist. She smiled at Serena and the rest of them. "Excuse him; he's not fully trained yet." Everyone laughed, but Seiya's laugh, unknown to them, was forced. "I'm Michiru Kaioh and this is Haruka Tenou. If I'm not mistaken, I do believe you are the famous Four Lights."
"You're right. And you two just have to be that world-renowned violinist and piano duo who just had that tour in America," Serena said smiling.
"Precisely," 22-two-year-old Michiru replied with a gentle smile.
"And you're also a Japan-famous racecar driver who entered in the F1," Seiya said to Haruka, with forced friendliness. He just couldn't bring himself to be truly friendly with this guy who had been hitting on Serena, but he had to admit, this man was an amazing driver and he didn't play the piano too bad either.
"Of course," Haruka answered. He put his arm around Michiru. "So you are the Four Lights, huh? Are you looking forward to your next performance with us?"
Seiya was about to reply that no, they were not looking forward to performing with a pig-head imbecile such as him, but Serena knew her boyfriend all too well and started talking before him. "Of course. This will only be the second joint-concert we've done so far, after all."
"You guys are doing a joint concert?" Mina asked excitedly. "When?"
"It will be in two weeks at the Tokyo Concert Park," Michiru said. "At eight o'clock. We have tickets if you would like to come."
"Oh yeah! Of course, we want some tickets! Don't we, guys?" Mina exclaimed. Not even waiting for an answer, she continued, "Could we get front row seats?"
"Sure," Haruka smirked good-naturally.
"Hey, Tenou, would you like to have a go?" Serena gestured to the racecar game.
"All right." Haruka smirked. He sat down in the game chair and Serena took the other one.
"Are you sure you want to do that, Serena?" Makoto asked. "Haruka is, so far, the only person able to break his own records."
"Oh don't worry. Serena has a few talents no one other than her band mates know about," Yaten said confidently.
"Okay, here we go," Haruka said as they started the race. Without taking his eyes off the numbers that counted down on the screen, he said, "There's still time for you to back out."
"No way." Serena never took her eyes off the screen as she lightly griped the steering wheel.
"All right. Bring it on," Haruka challenged.
"I've already brought it," Serena said, right before the counter reached '1'. The two hit the gas pedal.
'I picked a good car,' Serena speculated as she shifted gears. 'Amazing how these arcade games almost always feel like real cars.'
'Let's see if you can keep up,' Haruka thought. He spun the steering wheel at a sharp turn, sliding perfecting around it.
***
Few minutes later...
"Ah! I lost!" Haruka said as the two cars passed over the finish line, Serena finishing a few inches before Haruka's car.
"Way to go Sere," Seiya leaned down to his girlfriend's ear to whisper. He laid his arm across the top of Serena's seat casually, silently showing off to Haruka that Serena was HIS girlfriend and no one else's.
"Whew," Serena let out and leaned back. "That was one hell of a race."
Just then, the light on top of Serena's game began spinning a bright red color. Yaten pointed out, "Hey look Sere. You beat all the other top records."
"What?" Haruka was amazed. "This girl beat me AND my highest records?"
Serena grinned. "You know it." She turned entered 'SST'.
"How is it that you beat Haruka? No one's been able to do that!" Makoto exclaimed with amazement.
"Serena spent much of her free time foolishly playing video games and driving that ludicrously fast car of hers around South California, where we stayed, and also Honolulu, Hawaii," Taiki said with a frown of disapproval.
"Yeah. Serena and I used to street race with the team 'AZN Priderz' in Hawaii and the team 'Blue Lightnings' in California," Seiya explained proudly. "Serena was one of the best drivers around in the amateur street circuit."
"I wouldn't say the best, but I could definitely hold my own in the competitions," Serena said with a grin. "We mostly did drift racing in Hawaii because they had so many winding roads there. My specialty was the inertia-slip drift."
"'Inertia-slip drift'??" Ami and the others were confused. "What is that?"
Serena laughed softly. "Don't worry, I'll tell you about it later. It takes some explaining. Nobody but me knows how to do it, after all, I'm the only one who's crazy enough to try it."
"Wow. You really are talented in a lot of things!" Mina complimented.
"Nah. I just have a lot of practice," Serena replied modestly.
"Oh, hey girls. It's almost six o'clock, and it's getting pretty dark," Ami said. "I think it's time we all headed home."
"Yes, Ami's right. We'll see you four tomorrow then?" Taiki acknowledged. He turned to Michiru and Haruka. "We hope to see you before the concert."
"Alright. The same here." Haruka nodded. He slid his hands into the pocket of his pants. He turned to Serena. "I'll be seeing you around town, I'm sure." He sent a smooth smile that normally left girls breathless, but Serena only sent small smile back.
"We'll see," Serena said.
Seiya glared at Haruka. He slid an arm around Serena's slim waist, pulling her gently to his side. Serena slipped her own arm around his waist and smiled up at him. "Come on Sere. We still might be able to catch a movie or something."
"Okay. Bye you all." Serena waved to them and the couple walked out the arcade, followed by Taiki and Yaten who were talking quickly.
As soon as the Four Lights disappeared around the corner, Haruka's smile disappeared. "Michiru, girls. There's something strange about those four."
"Yeah, I felt it too. They have some kind of power radiating from them," Makoto agreed solemnly. "The new enemy? Or..." Minako's eyes widened. "The Starlights from the other night?"
"Yeah!" Rei said. "Didn't they say there were four of them?"
Haruka frowned. "Girls, don't get too far ahead of your selves. For all we know, they could be the new enemy."
"Well, whoever they are, we're going to have to find out," Ami said.
The others nodded in agreement.
***
"Hey you guys? I think there's something up with those girls and that Tenou guy," Serena said as she climbed into the limousine after them and shut the door.
"You noticed it too?" Taiki asked. "They had a very strange aura surrounding them."
"Yeah. They could be the Sailor Senshi from this planet," Yaten said thoughtfully. "Or the minions of Fero
"Hmmm...Either way, we're going to have to find out more about them," Seiya concluded, getting settled in next to Serena.
'Who are they?' Serena wondered silently.
Okay, just a note, Haruka is a guy in this fic. I liked the idea of Haruka being male better than female, so I made him a "gender-changer" just like Fighter, Healer, and Maker.
Chapter 7: Hangin' Out. Meeting Friends of Friends.
"Over here!" Mina called to the rest of them as she grabbed Yaten's arm and practically dragged him into the favorite hang-out of high school students, Zone. Zone was a large building that was half a pizza parlor and half a huge arcade with a snack and beverage bar.
"Hey Andrew," Makoto greeted the very cute college guy standing behind the counter of the snack and beverage bar. The Zone was crowded.
"Hi Andrew," greeted the rest of the group, except the Four Lights.
"Hey Mako, hey girls. What's up? I see the whole gang's here," Andrew said with a smile.
"Yeah, and we've got some other people here too," Makoto gestured to the four newcomers. "This is Serena Tsukino, Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten Kou," she introduced, smiling widely at Andrew, a twinkle in her eye.
"Nice to meet you," Andrew said to them.
"Same here."
"Hey wait, don't I know you guys?" Andrew frowned, trying to remember some sort of detail. Then he remembered, "Oh! You guys are the Four Lights! That famous band that's touring Japan, right?"
"Yup, that's us," Serena said, sliding her arms around Seiya's waist as he pulled her close to him with his arm around her.
"You four are my little sister Miho's favorite band," Andrew. "And I like a couple of your songs?"
"Really? That's great," Serena said and smiled.
"Hey Sere, let's check out that racecar game," Seiya told her, looking towards the back of the arcade.
"All right." The couple headed off towards the game.
Yaten turned to Taiki. "I bet you twenty bucks for 10 minutes."
"Nah, it'll be 5 minutes." Taiki grinned and shook Yaten's outstretched hand to close the bet.
"What are you two betting about?" Ami asked curiously, asking the question the others were wondering too.
"How long it'll be before Serena and Seiya start making-out," Yaten replied, looking at his watch.
"Oh," Mina looked towards the couple. "Looks like Taiki is going to win." The others turned to look.
Seiya had his arm around Serena as they waited for someone to finish playing the racing game. Serena was running her hand up and down Seiya's back and Seiya was whispering something to her. In a couple of minutes, the two were kissing each other softly.
"Ha! I win. Pay up Taiki." Yaten held out his hand to Taiki.
Taiki grumbled and pulled out his wallet. The girls and Andrew laughed.
Makoto looked back at the couple. "You know, they look so cute together."
"Yeah," Mina and Rei said.
Just then, there was a shriek from outside the arcade. "Look! It's Taiki and Yaten!! AAAHHH!!!"
"Oh no," Yaten moaned. "Weren't those autographs enough?!"
"Come on, we can lose them in the back of the arcade!" Makoto said and led the group quickly through the crowd of people.
A mob of a dozen girls ran into the arcade shrieking out, "Yaten! Taiki!", but they stopped when they saw none of the males of the Four Lights. The girls looked frantically around for the two idols. The one of them spotted Seiya-and Serena.
"Oh my god!" the girl screamed in shock. That got the others attention, not to mention the attention of almost everyone in the arcade. "It's Seiya! And he's making out with Serena!"
"What?!" the other girls yelled. They looked at the couple, who had heard the last of the outburst. "No way! Oh my god! They are!" The girls rushed over to the couple, but the two just stood there, arms around each other.
"Seiya! You can't be dating Serena! Please say you aren't!" pleaded one girl.
"You aren't good enough for him Serena!" sneered another.
"I read you guys were just friends!" a girl almost cried, tears welling in her eyes and her voice cracking.
"Hey!" Seiya shouted, eyes glaring at the mob of girls. "Who gives you the right to tell my girlfriend she's not good enough to be with me?"
"We're your number one fans, Seiya!" a different girl exclaimed.
"Well she's my girlfriend, and right now, you don't seem like number one fans," Seiya told them. "My number one fans would be respecting and supporting the choices I make, including who I date!"
"But Seiya! Serena's-"
"I've had enough of this. Leave us alone," Seiya ordered them and gently steered Serena to the side of the racing game.
There were murmurs in the group of girls but they left the arcade, sending backward glares at Serena, who promptly ignored them. Serena looked up at the steamed Seiya. She put up a hand to caress his cheek and said softly, "Seiya, forget about them. They don't bother me."
"Well they bothered me. What right do they have to say whom I can and can't date? And they said you aren't good enough for me!" Seiya seethed.
"Seiya," Serena said softly. "Shut up." She pulled him down to kiss her.
As soon as her lips touched his, Seiya forgot about the girls and their rude remarks. He pulled Serena gently closer to him. Just as he deepened the kiss, a snicker was heard from behind them. Seiya pulled away from Serena. As he turned around, he said, "Yaten, why can't you mind your own business?"
Yaten replied simply, "Because it's much more fun to bother you." Taiki chuckled as Mina and the girls laughed.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever," Serena said with a smile. She slid her arm around Seiya's waist.
Just then, there was a wild twirling of lights and beeping coming from the racing game. The group of new friends turned to look and saw that the light at the top of the game was spinning as the blond haired guy at the game turned the steering wheel.
The man had short blond hair and blue eyes. It was as if he was so used to the game that he drove casually, sometimes taking his eyes off the screen to look at his companion who sat in the other game seat next to him. His companion was a beautiful girl with sea-green hair and mysterious blue eyes. She had a calm look about her, just like the man, but also one of elegance and poise. The girl sat facing towards the young man, not playing the game.
"Oh, it's Haruka and Michiru," Rei said quietly, gaining the attention of the Four Lights.
"You know them?" Taiki asked.
"Yeah, we do. They're kind of-friends of ours," Makoto said.
After completing the final lap, the man entered the initials HT and stood up from the game. He smiled to the girl as he stood. Then he turned to look at the group, as if he had always knew they were there. "Hey girls," the 22- year-old man said in his deep voice, looking at Mina, Makoto, Ami, and Rei. Then his eyes landed on Serena. "And who might you be, Beautiful?" He smiled. Makoto, Rei, and Mina rolled their eyes.
"I'm Serena Tsukino," Serena said, leaning to Seiya. "And this is my boyfriend Seiya Kou, and his brothers, Yaten and Taiki."
"Boyfriend huh?" he looked disappointed. "Too bad." He looked her up and down, checking out her slim but flattering figure.
"Oh Haruka. Stop it," reprimanded the elegant woman who came up behind the man, putting her arm around his waist. She smiled at Serena and the rest of them. "Excuse him; he's not fully trained yet." Everyone laughed, but Seiya's laugh, unknown to them, was forced. "I'm Michiru Kaioh and this is Haruka Tenou. If I'm not mistaken, I do believe you are the famous Four Lights."
"You're right. And you two just have to be that world-renowned violinist and piano duo who just had that tour in America," Serena said smiling.
"Precisely," 22-two-year-old Michiru replied with a gentle smile.
"And you're also a Japan-famous racecar driver who entered in the F1," Seiya said to Haruka, with forced friendliness. He just couldn't bring himself to be truly friendly with this guy who had been hitting on Serena, but he had to admit, this man was an amazing driver and he didn't play the piano too bad either.
"Of course," Haruka answered. He put his arm around Michiru. "So you are the Four Lights, huh? Are you looking forward to your next performance with us?"
Seiya was about to reply that no, they were not looking forward to performing with a pig-head imbecile such as him, but Serena knew her boyfriend all too well and started talking before him. "Of course. This will only be the second joint-concert we've done so far, after all."
"You guys are doing a joint concert?" Mina asked excitedly. "When?"
"It will be in two weeks at the Tokyo Concert Park," Michiru said. "At eight o'clock. We have tickets if you would like to come."
"Oh yeah! Of course, we want some tickets! Don't we, guys?" Mina exclaimed. Not even waiting for an answer, she continued, "Could we get front row seats?"
"Sure," Haruka smirked good-naturally.
"Hey, Tenou, would you like to have a go?" Serena gestured to the racecar game.
"All right." Haruka smirked. He sat down in the game chair and Serena took the other one.
"Are you sure you want to do that, Serena?" Makoto asked. "Haruka is, so far, the only person able to break his own records."
"Oh don't worry. Serena has a few talents no one other than her band mates know about," Yaten said confidently.
"Okay, here we go," Haruka said as they started the race. Without taking his eyes off the numbers that counted down on the screen, he said, "There's still time for you to back out."
"No way." Serena never took her eyes off the screen as she lightly griped the steering wheel.
"All right. Bring it on," Haruka challenged.
"I've already brought it," Serena said, right before the counter reached '1'. The two hit the gas pedal.
'I picked a good car,' Serena speculated as she shifted gears. 'Amazing how these arcade games almost always feel like real cars.'
'Let's see if you can keep up,' Haruka thought. He spun the steering wheel at a sharp turn, sliding perfecting around it.
***
Few minutes later...
"Ah! I lost!" Haruka said as the two cars passed over the finish line, Serena finishing a few inches before Haruka's car.
"Way to go Sere," Seiya leaned down to his girlfriend's ear to whisper. He laid his arm across the top of Serena's seat casually, silently showing off to Haruka that Serena was HIS girlfriend and no one else's.
"Whew," Serena let out and leaned back. "That was one hell of a race."
Just then, the light on top of Serena's game began spinning a bright red color. Yaten pointed out, "Hey look Sere. You beat all the other top records."
"What?" Haruka was amazed. "This girl beat me AND my highest records?"
Serena grinned. "You know it." She turned entered 'SST'.
"How is it that you beat Haruka? No one's been able to do that!" Makoto exclaimed with amazement.
"Serena spent much of her free time foolishly playing video games and driving that ludicrously fast car of hers around South California, where we stayed, and also Honolulu, Hawaii," Taiki said with a frown of disapproval.
"Yeah. Serena and I used to street race with the team 'AZN Priderz' in Hawaii and the team 'Blue Lightnings' in California," Seiya explained proudly. "Serena was one of the best drivers around in the amateur street circuit."
"I wouldn't say the best, but I could definitely hold my own in the competitions," Serena said with a grin. "We mostly did drift racing in Hawaii because they had so many winding roads there. My specialty was the inertia-slip drift."
"'Inertia-slip drift'??" Ami and the others were confused. "What is that?"
Serena laughed softly. "Don't worry, I'll tell you about it later. It takes some explaining. Nobody but me knows how to do it, after all, I'm the only one who's crazy enough to try it."
"Wow. You really are talented in a lot of things!" Mina complimented.
"Nah. I just have a lot of practice," Serena replied modestly.
"Oh, hey girls. It's almost six o'clock, and it's getting pretty dark," Ami said. "I think it's time we all headed home."
"Yes, Ami's right. We'll see you four tomorrow then?" Taiki acknowledged. He turned to Michiru and Haruka. "We hope to see you before the concert."
"Alright. The same here." Haruka nodded. He slid his hands into the pocket of his pants. He turned to Serena. "I'll be seeing you around town, I'm sure." He sent a smooth smile that normally left girls breathless, but Serena only sent small smile back.
"We'll see," Serena said.
Seiya glared at Haruka. He slid an arm around Serena's slim waist, pulling her gently to his side. Serena slipped her own arm around his waist and smiled up at him. "Come on Sere. We still might be able to catch a movie or something."
"Okay. Bye you all." Serena waved to them and the couple walked out the arcade, followed by Taiki and Yaten who were talking quickly.
As soon as the Four Lights disappeared around the corner, Haruka's smile disappeared. "Michiru, girls. There's something strange about those four."
"Yeah, I felt it too. They have some kind of power radiating from them," Makoto agreed solemnly. "The new enemy? Or..." Minako's eyes widened. "The Starlights from the other night?"
"Yeah!" Rei said. "Didn't they say there were four of them?"
Haruka frowned. "Girls, don't get too far ahead of your selves. For all we know, they could be the new enemy."
"Well, whoever they are, we're going to have to find out," Ami said.
The others nodded in agreement.
***
"Hey you guys? I think there's something up with those girls and that Tenou guy," Serena said as she climbed into the limousine after them and shut the door.
"You noticed it too?" Taiki asked. "They had a very strange aura surrounding them."
"Yeah. They could be the Sailor Senshi from this planet," Yaten said thoughtfully. "Or the minions of Fero
"Hmmm...Either way, we're going to have to find out more about them," Seiya concluded, getting settled in next to Serena.
'Who are they?' Serena wondered silently.