Disclaimer for my own sanity:
I wrote this story back in 1999. I don't think it's too bad, but I don't know what I was thinking way back then either so don't be too harsh on me :P
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I have rated this individual chapter R because it includes a lot of rather graphic violence, and there's also a lot of hentai references. The last part of this chapter might not make much sense, but I wanted to include it since I feel they cut it short in the movie. I wanted Michiru to get really mad at Haruka. It gives her more of a reason for her actions in chapter three.
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A Senshi's True Lies
- Chapter Two (revised) -
Their next mission is to check out Aino Minako, to see what other information they can get on her. A black limozine cruises through the streets of Tokyo toward a warehouse where suspected stolen pieces of art have been kept secret by Minako.
"Okay, it's all set up. You have your fax machine, ghost phones, all the usual stuff. You have a suite at the Marquis Hotel under the name of Kaioh. Alright, reality check, go."
"Hello, my name is Kaioh Haruka. I own the Cooperate Art Consultant Company in Tokyo and I have an appointment with Aino-san." As Haruka practices this speech in the car, Yaten drops her off, and she repeats the same thing to Minako's secratary. Minako just happens to be walking by and spots the 'guy' she met at the party.
"Haruka-san!"
"Why, hello."
"Hello. I thought I'd see you again, I just didn't know it would be so soon."
"Well, what's the point of waiting?"
"I agree." Minako motions for Haruka to follow her to the back where she is supposedly keeping all the stolen goods. She obviously fell for Haruka's story.
"So you said your clients are looking for something for the lobby of their new coorporate headquarters?"
"Yes. They're looking for something very dramatic. I talked to a number of people and they all said that you're the one to see."
"So what did these people say about me exactly?"
"Well, they said you can read ancient writings without hearing the sound of the words. You know the art dealers and archeologists don't like you very much."
"Those wimps. It's because I use my diplomatic contacts to export cultural treasures, which tell them to take a hike."
While they talk, they wander through a warehouse of ancient statues. One worker stares hatefully at Minako, obveously upset at what she is telling this stranger.
"See, most of our pieces come from ancient Persia, so I've had to become an expert in international diplomacy." Stopping and turning to face Haruka, she asks, "Well Kaioh-san…do you see anything you like?"
Looking back down into her eyes, Haruka answers, "Maybe."
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Later, at the Marquis Hotel, Yaten, Taiki and Haruka disscuss the new information on Minako.
"She's importing stuff from all over the mideast," Haruka informs.
"She could be moving money, guns, anything," Yaten suggests.
"The second you left we started getting calls from ghost numbers. They were checking out the Kaioh front," Taiki informs the others.
"Okay, let's step up the surveliance."
"Will do."
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Back at Minako's office, the worker who was eyeing her earlier walks by.
"Aino-san, can I have a word with you please?"
Minako nodds her head and motions for her secratary to leave.
The man closes the door behind him, walks up to Minako, and slaps her across the face. "What do you think you're doing, you stupid bitch?"
"It's a good thing you're paying me a lot of money, Mamoru-san," Minako says, recovering from the shock.
"Do you realize there are survellience teams watching this place right now? Your phones are most certainly tapped and you were busy laughing and flirting like whore with this Haruka while-"
"He checked out okay-"
Mamoru strikes her again to clearly get his point across. "We do not tolerate mistakes."
"What would you like me to do?"
"Find out where Haruka is."
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At the hotel, the three secret agents receive a sudden phone call.
"Moshi moshi?" Yaten answers.
"Hi Yaten-kun. Is Haruka there?"
Yaten hands the phone to his friend. "It's Michiru-san."
"Hi. How are you? What's going on?"
"Hello. It makes me happy just to hear your voice. Anyway, I'm sorry to bother you at the track."
"That's alright. What's up?"
"Well, I'm going through a lot of trouble here to get things ready for your birthday tomorrow, and-"
"And tonight?"
"Yeah…that too."
"Well, I can tell you're excited. I'll be sure to be home early."
"Okay. By eight?"
"Sounds good."
"See you then."
"Love you. Ja ne." Haruka hangs up the phone and turns to see Yaten and Taiki staring at her, smiling wickedly. They had obviously heard the whole conversation. They hold hands, stare into each others eyes, and make kissing sounds to each other.
Haruka can't hold in the laughter, as it comes out in short breaths. "Will you two jerks just leave Michiru and me alone?"
The two burst into laughter as Yaten smiles and says, "Oh, come on. You know we can't help it because you can't hide it."
Letting out a sigh and just barely giggling, Haruka picks up a pillow and heaves it towards Yaten's head.
- that evening -
As Yaten drives Haruka back home, he spots a car which has been following them since they left the hotel.
"We've got a friend," he says. "Want me to lose him?"
"No. we need this lead… Unit seven, we need you at the Juuban Mall in thirty minutes."
"Copy that," Taiki answers. "We're rolling."
"Michiru's gonna be so mad," Yaten warns.
"Well, you see, that's the problem with terrorists. They're really inconsiderate when it comes to people's schedules."
They find a place to park on the side of the road, check their subvocal communication, and count three unidentified people in the car. Haruka puts on the glasses Yaten showed her before. As to not look suspicious with the ciggarettes, she removes one and holds the pack with the opened end pointed behind her. She lights the ciggarette, and mistakedly coughs on the fumes, inhaling too much.
"Ass," Yaten mumbles.
Haruka walks across the street toward the mall enterance as Yaten keeps watch over the terrorists. "Haruka-san, I've got two females getting out and coming after ya."
"What, you think I'm blind?"
"Well, you don't look too ordinary… So what's the plan?"
"I'm just trying to get a closer look at the whores."
"Hey, there's a third one still in the car."
"Okay, stay on him."
Haruka enters the mall and heads toward the restroom. She knows the girls are following her, and thinks she has a better chance of escaping if she heads to the male restroom. She does so, and walks in, placing the camera on the sink counter. She points it to a stall and heads toward it, as to not look even more suspicious. The terrorists do not think Haruka is watching them, since she is facing the wall. One walks in, takes out a comb, and quietly brushes her long black hair, keeping an eye on their target. Haruka begins to whistle as a destraction, as the other woman slowly opens the door and walks in, a gun at her side. She spots this through the camera, and just as the intruder points the gun at Haruka's head and fires, she ducks, spins around, and kicks the gun out of her hand. While the tall, brown-haired girl is still in shock, Haruka takes out her own gun and fires at the other woman. Her body splattered with blood, Haruka almost screams when she identifies the two women.
"Rei-chan! Mako-chan!"
"What do you mean 'Rei-chan'? You just killed her, bitch!" Makoto yells.
"Who are you working for? Why are you doing this?"
"That's for me to know and you to never find out 'cause you're going to be dead in two seconds!"
Makoto charges toward Haruka, but is caught by the arm and slammed against the wall. She recovers quickly, and forces the gun out of Haruka's hand. Haruka turns Makoto around, and plans to run her head-first into a wall, but Makoto puts her foot up and runs Haruka into the wall instead. Makoto tries to pick up a gun, but Haruka kicks it away. She swings at Makoto but misses as she is punched several times in the stomach. Makoto holds her against the wall by the neck, but Haruka does the same thing to push her away. Haruka is kicked to the floor and held down by Makoto, but kickes her off just the same. Both get up, and Makoto takes out a blade and swings at Haruka. She dodges it to the best of her ability, only getting her shirt ripped. Haruka kicks Makoto back, and picks up a metal rod that has fallen from the ceiling. She hits Makoto several times before finally knocking her unconscious.
Yaten finally hears silence, and warns Haruka that a while back he lost the guy in the car. He tells her he's on his way to help. Just then, the third terrorist walks into the restroom and fires at Haruka. She uses Makoto as a temporary human shield, and runs behind another section of the room. The man cautiously walks to where she ran, and sees a line of stalls. He knows she's in one of them. He shoots all of them, and kicks open the doors, one by one. Before he gets to the last one, Haruka jumps out and behind a wall to avoid the gunshots. She gets a hold of her own gun and shoots back at him. He dodges, and runs out in a panic. Though exhausted, Haruka follows him through the mall. Yaten is just about to enter, when the man flies out of a window onto the street behind him.
"Freeze, Mamoru!"
Mamoru turns and shoots furiously at Yaten, who quickly jumps behind a street pole, of all things. Mamoru turns and runs, as Yaten checks to see if he's still in one piece. Haruka jumps out in front of Yaten through the same window. She runs after him and aims her gun, but can't shoot because of the crowd of frightened people on the sidewalk. She follows Mamoru across the street, the both of them scrambling over cars and around people. Haruka yells for Yaten to get to the car, as she continues to chase him down the street.
"Here we go again."
Mamoru spots a passing officer on a motercycle. He grabs him by the arm and pulls him off, the force of the moving vehicle throwing him off his feet as well. He struggles to get up, hops on the cycle, and expects to get away. Haruka knows this is her chance.
"Mamoru, you've picked the wrong vehicle to mess with."
She throws another passing motorist off in the same manner as Mamoru did, except not faltering a bit. "Sorry. Federal officer in persuit of suspect."
She starts it up, and continues the chase into another mall. The tension builds as Mamoru rides into an elevator with clear glass sides. Haruka takes the one next to it, and follows him up to the roof. He had taken a hostage who was in the elevator at the time, so she couldn't try to shoot him. Arriving at the top first, Mamoru gets out, and discovers the edge of the building. He takes his chances, and rides toward the edge at full speed. He zooms off the fifteen story high building, onto another and into a swimming pool. Haruka doesn't notice the edge until it's almost too late, and jumps off her motercycle, knowing she'll never make it. She just barely manages to grab onto the building she was on and painfully pull herself to safety. Haruka stares over at Mamoru with hate-filled eyes, who looks back in frustration.
- later -
After getting cleaned up a bit and reorganized, Haruka is driven back to her house. She opens the front door and looks around for Michiru. She sets her briefcase down and turns to see her stopped at the bottom of the steps. Michiru crosses her arms and turns away from her. This simple act makes Haruka just want to shrivel up and die. She walks behind Michiru and places her face next to hers.
"Hi, Michi… I know you're upset… I'm sorry… I hurried home as fast as I could." Haruka kisses her cheek, trying to apologize the best she can. She slips her arms around Michiru's waist and notices she's wearing nothing underneath her thin robe.
"So…what exactly did you have planned for tonight?" Haruka purrs in a soft voice, pulling Michiru closer to her.
"This is serious, Haruka," she states angrily, pushing her away.
"Oh, and what we're going to do isn't?"
"Not when you come home three and a half hours late! And you better believe I'm not going to let you do anything tonight!"
"Let me! Oh come on, Michiru. You know the truth. You have all the fun while I do all the work!" Haruka realizes her mistake too late, as everything falls silent.
Michiru continues in a soft voice, tears in her eyes. "Well, maybe I've wanted to make love to you, but you don't let me lead. You always take control before I have a chance to think. That's not what I want. I want to express my love to you...like..."
"...our wedding night."
"I'm surprised you know. It's not like you enjoyed it or anything."
"That's a lie, Michiru, and you know it."
"Yeah? Well, I was planning for tonight to be just like it, but you ruined the whole thing! You had me scared out of my mind!"
"Michiru, I-"
"I didn't know what had happened to you! Not until Yaten-kun called and told me you had just forgotten something back at the track. Even then you were late."
"I said I'm sorry! Calm-"
"You are not sorry! If you were you'd stop making excuses! What were you doing the entire time?… Don't you see how much work I've put into making everything perfect for tonight?"
"Hai, Michiru. I see the candle-lit dinner in the dining room, the wide variety of fruits in the kitchen, what you have, or don't have on, and I can only imagine what's in our bedroom."
"Well, you'd better believe it's going to stay your imagination, because it's not for you anymore!" Michiru bursts into tears at her own statement. "I'm going to bed," she continues in a whisper, "and don't you dare think about following me. Unless you think we can share the pleasure this time."
Michiru's words hit Haruka hard as she heads to their room and slams the door. Haruka doesn't dare follow her, so she blows out the candle in the living room and settles down on the couch for the night. She can feel hot tears forming in her eyes and tries her best to blink them back, but to no avail. They fall slowly in hot streams down her face, burning a hole in her heart. She can't stand fighting with Michiru, not after seeing how much love she had put into tonight. Haruka never wanted to hurt her in this way, but now that she has, she knows she has to make it up to her. She is comepletely quiet for a few minutes, then hears loud sobbing coming from their room. She can't stand knowing Michiru is heartbroken because of her, and for the first time, Haruka quietly cries herself to sleep.