Ooers...big things in the works! Hoshimare and Kybele, thanks so much for reviewing! I will try to update as much as I can, promise. Kybele, about pairing Mina and Hyoga...they would be a good couple as far as personalities go, but I am rather hesitant to put them together, as they both look SO alike; blond hair and blue eyes! Why do you think they should be paired together?
Haruka watched the miko, feeling bored while Rei chewed out Usagi for being late. After the blonde had finished her wails, and was convinced that she would not attain a permanent brain injury from Rei's abuse, the inner scouts turned to Haruka with the air of little sisters watching their big sisters get ready for a party.
"What's up, Haruka?" Makoto asked easily, reclining. The elder ran a hand through her short hair, and frowned.
"Big things are in the works," she replied, not looking them directly in the eyes. "You feel it, don't you?" Minako nodded, pale strands of hair falling into her eyes.
"I feel...anxious all of the time. And I can't sleep at night," she confessed, looking a tad worried. Rei toyed with a charm on her costume.
"Yes...me too. Deimos and Phobos have been awfully jumpy lately, too," Rei gestured at her crows on the window sill that cawed at her movement and flapped away.
"I was more worried about the fact that the stars have stopped moving," Ami added, blue eyes troubled. "And no logical explanation can be found."
"That," Haruka broke in, "Is because there is nothing logical about the stars ceasing movement." The girls nodded, all silent. Even the relaxed stance was gone in Makoto and replaced with a tense position.
"Isn't that impossible?" Usagi inquired, finger on her chin. "I thought that the stars didn't move but the earth does..." Rei threw an apple at her, which was quickly returned. Haruka sighed, wishing at times that she could deal with adults as opposed to girls.
"That is what some choose to believe. In the ancient times, it was believed that the stars moved of their own accord. It seems that this is the case."
"What can we do about it, then?" Ami inquired, looking very put out that her beloved science had been so rudely shoved aside by myth.
"Keep an eye out. Setsuna came the other night, so we know this isn't anything to screw with. This is the real deal. Watch your backs, and watch your surroundings."
"Do you think we'll get super-hyped up new sailor fukus?" Minako asked hopefully. Usagi leapt up, eyes shining.
"Yes! And maybe we can design them ourselves!" As the two blondes went off on a completely new tangent, Ami and Makoto exchanged amused looks while Rei began to pummel Usagi with a pillow, demanding that she act a little serious.
Haruka choose that moment to step outside of the door, heading away from the temple, and down the stairs. She felt a curious sense of annoyance mixed with jealousy at the inners' reactions; they had been able to dismiss the threat so easily whereas she and Michiru had been up night after night, worry aging their faces.
A figure was leaned against her car, illuminated by the light from the moon. The woman turned, the silvery light giving her eyes a liquid dark quality.
"They are not taking it seriously," Michiru remarked darkly. Haruka reached over and pushed a strand of hair out of her pale face, her long fingers lingering on Michiru's cheekbone.
"Then it's up to us...we've gotten along so far. And now that we have to Talismans...it'll be a cinch," Haruka reassured her lover. Michiru heaved a sigh, chasing beads of water around on the hood of the car.
"Yes...but if what Setsuna hints at is the real deal...will we be enough? Will the inners be enough?" Haruka shrugged, and unlocked the door, sitting behind the wheel, waiting for Michiru to get.
"Who knows until it happens?" The car started as Haruka viscously turned the ignition. "We just have to wait and have faith."
"I hope it will be enough."