A/N: Here I am again.
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Finding My Way Home
Chapter Two: Grave Thoughts
"Usa-chan... was killed by Sailor Moon?" Sailor Mercury asked, thinking her ears had deceived her. "How? She was the only one who could transform into Sailor Moon!" Keiichi watched as the girls began to quarrel. They argued about it amongst themselves, whilst Sailor Venus stayed quiet.
Keiichi hadn't even noticed her walk over to him, so when she placed a hand on his shoulder, he nearly jumped ten feet into the air. "Minako... Who was Sailor Moon at the time Tsukino-san was killed?" The blonde senshi looked as if she had just tasted a lemon at the formality of her best-friend's name.
"Hino Erika."
Keiichi nearly fainted at the bitter hatred that was not even slightly concealed as Sailor Venus said the name. He had not been expecting a seemingly beautiful in looks and personality to be so full of hate. What surprised him more, was that the Sailor Senshi of Love then broke down into tears, using his shoulder as a sobbing outlet.
Sailor Venus faded back into the young woman that was Aino Minako, and Keiichi tried his best to comfort the girl. After a few minutes, the other senshi broke up their argument to take the sobbing woman from him, comforting her.
"Rei-sama?" Keiichi asked, Rei made a face, and he nearly chuckled, were it not the seriousness of the situation. She pulled away from the group of girls, and walked over to him, her face puzzled.
"Hai?" Rei asked, her amethyst eyes meeting his gray ones. He led her away from earshot. "What is it?"
Keiichi looked forlorn, and sighed. "Who is Hino Erika to you?"
A sudden gasp escaped Rei's lips, as she looked around wildly. "She is my cousin, why do you ask, sir?" Keiichi nearly didn't want to tell her what Minako had said, but his duty as an Officer of The Law made it proper.
"I will need her address and phone numbers. She has just been reported for... For murder." As the words spilled from his lips, Keiichi watched the woman in front of him pale, and he caught her as she stumbled.
"Erika-chan, a murderer? She... she couldn't do that... she's too kind. She is the nicest person I ever knew, after Usa-chan." Keiichi could tell by the amethyst gemstones that were Rei's eyes that never a single bad thing had been said about this Erika.
He also knew from the honest tears of Aino Minako that Hino Erika was a murderer. Keiichi looked at Rei, who had finally recovered from the shock, and she nodded. "555-068. She lives at number twelve, Pitcairn Circuit."
"Arigatou."
Rei walked back to the others, and through the soundproof doors, Keiichi could tell she was telling them who had murdered their leader. Each and every one of them nodded grimly. He walked in after he was quite sure they'd finished, and bowed.
Makoto spoke for the first time, her eyes never leaving the police officer. (I)He's kind of cute... reminds me of my ex-boyfriend...
"The Sailor Senshi offer to bring Hino Erika to you, for imitating our leader, and our liege is due punishment. Be aware there are a child, and a husband in the matter. He is ex-husband to Tsukino Usagi, also. Chiba Mamoru."
Keiichi thanked them, and they left as silently as they'd come. He returned to his desk, and took out the photo of Usagi, her likeness to Minako was uncanny, and yet, Minako's presence had already affected his life, only having known her for a short period of time.
A warm feeling overtook him, and a pink light shone around him. The windows and doors shut tightly, the curtains covering them, and the locks clicked shut. He reached for his gun, to find it gone. "Who's there?"
Keiichi asked, uncertainly, until he saw two long blonde pigtails, and two big blue eyes, then two meatballs. Soon after a thin, well-developed body stepped out of the source of light, only a few ribbons surrounding her body hid the 'privates' and he gasped.
Usagi Tsukino silenced him, putting a hand to his lips. "Konnichiwa Keiichi." She said.
"K-Konnichiwa.. Tsukino-sama." His voice croaked, and Usagi bowed. As she did so, two giant angel wings sprouted from her back. She stood up straight again, and he looked at her. Her big sapphire eyes looked different to the ones in her picture. They looked full of anger and revenge, where her picture's looked happy and kind.
She sat on Keiichi's desk, and everything about her reeked 'respect me'. And respect her he did. Usagi was everything he'd ever thought a queen should be. It was odd irony that Japan had never been people to have kings and queens. They had their Emperor, but he and his bloodline died out a century ago.
Usagi reminded Keiichi oddly of a childhood friend, a 'goddess-in-training' she'd called herself. Her blonde pigtails, and blue eyes always captured his, and they would laugh and play together. Until the day her parents moved her. He couldn't remember anything but her nickname. Bunny.
Keiichi decided to take a risk, and spoke gently to the woman that was clad only in ribbons. "W-what is it that brings you to me... Bunny?"
Usagi was aghast that he had remembered her, and she giggled, but the laughter did not reach her eyes. "I have come to talk about Erika. I am here only to mention that I will be in her cell. I will be waiting for her dying day, so that I can take my identity back. She has my child, and my husband. You might want to make yourself comfortable. Would you like a coffee?" Her voice just rang with silent bells, and Keiichi had to wonder what Mamoru hadn't like about her.
Keiichi shook his head, and Usagi began her story, with something he had not expected of her.
"Once upon a time, there was a girl. Her name was Tsuki-"She did not get to finish her words, when four women appeared, one had a deep dark black hair, another had a slightly less black hair. An extremely tall one had sandy blonde hair, and the most feminine one, had aqua hair. They were all in the senshi fuku.
Usagi's face instantly lit up, and she tossed herself against the group, who hugged her.
(I)Strange.. Keiichi thought, suddenly. (I)She cannot touch me, yet these women hold her as if she were real...
"... My outer Senshi." Usagi had introduced the women, and Keiichi had missed it. They were all in casual clothing now, and Keiichi nodded in greeting.
"Michiru, Haruka, Setsuna, Hotaru. Please meet Keiichi. He is the Police Officer investigating my death."
Of course, now he knew their names he would not forget them again. Michiru gasped suddenly, and Usagi nodded. Haruka looked as if she could kill something, and Hotaru and Setsuna just smiled.
"So is he the Senshi of Sagittarius?"
A/N: What did you think? –giggles- I thought this was a long chapter, but if you want longer ones, you'll have to review. I really like constructive criticism, too. Just, no flames, I will truthfully, print them out and eat them, washing them down with coca-cola.
