Finding Setsuna Love
I don't own Sailor Moon. Naoko Takeuchi does. I am borrowing her genius. Still my first fanfic, so keep that in mind.
Chapter Seven – A Doctor's Touch
All was normal in the house of the Outer Senshi. Well, as normal as can be with five heroines who fight evil by moonlight can be. Haruka was washing one of her many cars, Michiru was cleaning to the sound of Bach, Setsuna was creating another fashion masterpiece and Chibiusa and Hotaru were trying to find a man for their beloved friend. After having given up on the teacher and the accountant, they wanted to pick a winner.
"Chibiusa, why are all of these guys such losers?" Hotaru asked grumpily, silently muttering curses, especially to the accountant who treated Setsuna like a trophy instead of a person.
"Don't worry!" Chibiusa chided her violet-eyed conspirator. "Out of all of these guys, there has to be a winner. We just have to keep on trying."
"Well, who do we pick next?"
"Well, there is the football player, the bodybuilder, the doctor, the painter, the CEO, the metalworker, the actor and the computer expert. How do we pick the lucky guy that will go out with our beloved guardian?"
After careful consideration, they decided that the way to settle this was to throw all of the pictures in the air and the first one that they catch would be the lucky guy. Not very scientific, the method was crude but useful. The pictures were thrown in the air and one was caught. It was the picture of the triage doctor, Omojen Ivan.
"Yosh! Well now. It looks like our Puu will be getting some of Doctor Love." Chibiusa relished in the victory of the lottery. Holding the picture in her hands, she imagined the two of them together and having a married life.
"Well, how do we get in contact with him without Setsuna-mama noticing? She is going to be here all day." Hotaru, ever the realist, rained on Chibiusa's fantasy world for a moment and brought her into reality.
The two of them brainstormed for a minute and came up with three viable solution "Okay, let's figure this out. We can ask Michiru-san but this might cause Haruka-san to be suspicious which would cause Puu to be suspicious."
"And I don't want to get into trouble with the three of my parents by sneaking out without telling them." Hotaru murmurs.
It only took a moment but Chibiusa came up with a solution. "Let's call Mamo-chan. Maybe he'll give us a ride."
Hotaru went to get the phone to call Mamoru but stopped when she saw Setsuna on the phone already.
"Yes," she said, speaking to the person on the other end of the line. "the dress design is done. I need forty yards of denim and eighty yards of various silk colors, ten yards of each color. (pause) Yeah, I'll be in the office tomorrow with the initial designs. (pause) Of course. (pause) I've got an outfit ready to take out for testing. (pause) Arigato, ja ne." She hit the off button and saw Hotaru behind her looking like she wanted to use the phone. "I'm sorry hime-chan, did you want to use the phone?"
"Chibiusa wanted to use it. She wanted to go out with Mamo-chan for a while." Hotaru supplies. "If it is okay with him, can I go with him?" She put on her most adorable face.
Setsuna saw the face and knew that if she looked directly into the face she would capitulate and acquiesce to her demand. Nevertheless, she did trust the future king with her daughter and Small Lady would be accompanying her so she would be in good hands. It was just her sailor sixth sense was acting up and telling her that something was going to happen to them.
"Okay!" She consents "But take your communicator watch with you, hime-chan. I feel a disturbance in the air. (A/N: Sorry if that sounds too much like Star Wars.) I think that something is going to happen today."
Hotaru looked worried for a second however, if she was thinking that evil tidings were against Chibiusa and her, she did not dwell on it. Instead, she put on a face of happiness at her mother's consent to go with her best friend.
Giving the phone to the Pink Sugar girl, she watches as Chibiusa dials Mamoru's number. A few minutes later, the two conspirators were ready to get in contact with Doctor Love.
Before they were out the door, they were stopped by a certain dirty-blonde hair woman.
"Where are you guys going?" Haruka asked raising a trimmed eyebrow.
Chibiusa and Hotaru nearly jumped to the ceiling as the sound of the deep-voice woman. She was getting suspicious of late of why Chibiusa was staying at her house instead of Usagi's. She also noticed that Setsuna was going on more dates than usual and that was zero dates.
"W-well," Chibiusa stuttered under the intense gaze of the soldier of the wind "Mamo-chan is going to pick us up and we are going out."
"Haruka-papa," Hotaru rushed to the defense of her conspirator and her friend "Setsuna-mama said it was all right with her."
Before Haruka could make any more protest, Michiru came to the rescue with a gift box. She gave the box to the sandy-blonde and Haruka took a peek into it.
"I got something for you." On normal circumstances, there would be nothing that could surprise the soldier of the wind. However, this was Michiru and she was not normal outside of battle. Inside the box was an outfit that was not meant for children's eyes. The heat rushed to her face instantly and the other two noticed. They used this opportunity to rush out the door but not before mouthing a quick thank you to their co-conspirator. They received a wink from the soldier of water.
"Will you be using this tonight?" Haruka asked hopefully.
"No, the kids will be in the house tonight and so will Setsuna." Michiru sighed melodramatically and Haruka got the hint and desperately called everyone she knew looking for a babysitter.
Having once again escaped the clutches of Haruka, the suspicious inquisitor, Chibiusa and Hotaru ran to the place where they would meet Mamoru. However, lurking behind them was an evil that they did not sense. It stank to the highest of heaven with alcohol. It placed a hand on each of their shoulders.
"Remember me, girls!" the voice said while the children jumped.
They turned to observe their assailant. It was the accountant they Setsuna rejected, Nelven Otoshi. They let out a piercing scream.
"No one makes a fool out of me, no one." He backhanded Chibiusa and a gash appeared on her face. She fell on the floor and refused to move. He moved on Hotaru. He raised a hand to strike her. However, he looked into her eyes. They betrayed no fear and released an essence of superiority. He realized that she would always be stronger than him and that frightened him into regurgitating the alcohol that he consumed.
Hotaru took this lax in activity to help Chibiusa. She was knocked into unconsciousness. The wound was not serious and would need little stitching. The blood would stop on its own. She position Chibiusa so that she was sitting upright. That is when she noticed the gun in the accountant's hand.
"You betrayed me." He said monotonously
"You thought you could buy your way into Setsuna-mama's heart. She is not some possession; she is a human being with feelings."
"Every woman has a price." Otoshi was angry that this girl had the audacity to stand up to him. What made it worse was that he could do nothing to stop her except . . . He pulled back the hammer and aimed at the lavender-eyed girl.
BANG
Mamoru was heading towards the flower shop to get his future daughter a rose which was their little tradition. On this particular trip, he reflected on the Pink Sugar girl.
He never knew his own family. A car crash left him an orphan for so long. Then he met a vivacious young girl who would later become his girlfriend. Mamoru thought of her as loud and boisterous, which she still is. She thought of him as annoying and overbearing. However, whenever there was a youma, Tuxedo Kamen would come to the rescue of the Sailor Moon. It was an interesting relationship to say the least. They loved each other by moonlight and hated each other by daylight. Ironically, it took a painter who made them pose for her picture to allow them to see their true selves. Their love only blossomed when their identity were revealed. With the defeat of Beryl, their love flourished until this pink hair youngster fell from the sky. An energetic girl, this Chibiusa was a handful, especially when he was dealing with a vision that the love of his life would be destroyed if their love should continue and the Black Moon Family. Nevertheless, they decided the happiness of their short-lived love was worth more than the years of sadness. With the future secured by the help of his future wife and kid, they removed the threat to their love and the earth. He promised Chibiusa that he would take care of her, especially after he selfishly decided to pursue his education (A/N: I do not think that is selfish but he does) and go where she couldn't. He believed that she would be all right especially after he promised that he would marry her when he returned. How wrong he was. Mamoru did not know that his life would be snuffed out by Galaxia. After a good dressing-down from Hino Rei-chan, he swore by her Shinto gods that he would not leave her again (She was holding her away from Mamoru until he promised never to leave her.) He would keep that promise.
Buying the traditional rose, he was walking out the store when he felt his heart constrict. Chibiusa was in danger. He jumped into his blood red convertible and drove to where his heart was telling him. But now, he couldn't feel anything. Still he drove. Mamoru finally found the two girls as a man threatened them with a gun. He saw him pull the hammer and finger the trigger. Mamoru knew that he could not reach in time. With his quick thinking, Mamoru remembered the rose that he bought. Using the aim that he had perfected and praying to any deity that was present to guide him, he launched that rose and it embedded itself into Otoshi's hand. The impact forced the owner to aim away from the intended target. However, the gun fired. After seeing no life-threatening wounds, Mamoru saw this opening and attacked the man who dared to assail his daughter. With his fists, he beat the man bloodied. After incapacitating the accountant, he tended to his daughter.
"Are you all right, you two?" He asked uncertainly. His world was at a breaking point. If he loss this bright Pink Sugar girl, there would be no redemption for him. A bullet barely grazed Chibiusa's shoulder. She would be fine. Thank God. He took out his cell phone and called the police and the ambulance. He looked upon the pitiful Nevlen Otoshi. Oh, how the mighty have fallen! he thought. Mamoru called Haruka-tachi's house and informed them of the situation. He then called Usagi.
Arriving at the hospital, the emergency workers rushed Chibiusa and Hotaru to the hospital. Ironically, one of them was a familiar face, Omojen Ivan, the guy that they picked out to be Setsuna's next date.
Chibiusa opened her eyes with great pain and difficulty. She looked at her hands. Her Mamo-chan was holding her right hand and Hotaru was holding her left. She smiled at them, well as much as she could without causing herself unnecessary pain. "I love you two." She whispered.
Mamoru rubbed her hand lovingly and smiled at her. "You'll be all right! The bullet just grazed your shoulder. We are going to get you stitches."
"What about Hotaru-chan?" she asked weakly. Her unconsciousness plus her traumatic event made her voice unsure and frail.
"I am completely fine." Hotaru sighed. She felt like she failed her princess and her best friend. "That bastard did not hurt me." She sighed and looked out the small window. Hotaru did not want her princess to see her cry.
However, Chibiusa, like her mother, picked up on her feelings. "Hotaru-chan, please do not blame yourself. There was nothing you could do and I will heal soon."
"Chibiusa-chan . . ." she breathed. The answer satiated her for now.
At Haruka-tachi's house, the phone rang interrupting a session of loving between Haruka and Michiru (how they can be quiet during their 'activities' is beyond me). An annoyed and tattered-clothed Haruka went to the kitchen to answer the phone.
"Moshi-moshi" she answered gruffly. Interrupting a session was a mortal sin to Haruka and if it wasn't important, there would be hell to pay. "Mamoru-san!" she was shocked. She allowed her king to speak. When she realized what had happened, she dropped the phone in distress.
There weren't many times when the soldier of the wind cried however, this news made her let loose a sorrowful howl. Michiru and Setsuna quickly stopped what they were doing and went to their friend. They did not know why their blue-eyed comrade was crying but they cried with her.
"It was hime-chan and Small Lady, wasn't it?" Setsuna asked with a certain amount of knowledge.
"They were shot at by that bastard, Nevlen. He missed them thanks to Mamoru. God, I feel so powerless." She broke into new sobs. Michiru and Setsuna held her tight, comforting themselves and well as Haruka. They got up and decided to get up.
"No point in waiting here." Michiru states.
The three women head to St. Elsie's hospital with Haruka behind the wheel. They get there in record time. At the front desk, Setsuna nearly frightened the woman at the front desk to give them the room number for Small Lady and hime-chan. Looking around the hospital, they saw a familiar Odango hairstyle.
"Haruka-san, Michiru-san, Setsuna-san, please follow me." She said cheerily. The three women followed their princess dutifully.
"Aren't you worried?" Setsuna spewed.
"Chibiusa will be fine. She only got hit in the shoulder. It grazed her no worse than if she scraped herself. There was no wound and there will be no scar."
"But what about hime-chan?" Haruka asked timidly
"Hotaru-chan was not injured." Usagi sighed gratefully "It looks bad but it can be worse. The best part of it is that Chibiusa will be leaving tonight."
Haruka-tachi let loose a sigh of relief. "Can we see them?" Michiru asked for the three of them. Usagi led them to Chibiusa's room. Omojen Ivan was the presiding doctor of the child. Ivan recognized Setsuna from these children. It was a face that haunted his bedroom during the times he actually sleep.
"Like I was telling the other two," he says referring to Usagi and Mamoru "the bullet missed any vital organs and is akin to a scratch." Everyone let out a sigh of relief as the doctor explained the situation. Setsuna walked up to her Small Lady and placed a friendly hand on her forehead. Chibiusa looked at her mysterious friend and smiled. "I'm okay, just a little faint."
The triage doctor cleared his throat and claimed the attention of all the people in the room. "You'll be all right, Tsukino-san. I believe that the tiredness is caused by the extreme tension that you've experienced."
Setsuna exhaled a sigh of relief. "Thank you, Doctor …"
"Omojen," he said, extending his hand out in friendship. "Dr. Omojen Ivan"
Setsuna uncharacteristically blushes when their hands touched, sending electric tingles throughout her body. Ivan noticed this and smiled, perhaps that he will stand a chance with this timeless beauty. He cleared his throat. "May I speak to you outside?" he asked warily. The two walk outside as two smiling eyes watch them, one pair of crimson eyes and a pair of violet eyes.
Setsuna and the triage doctor stood outside the door. "My patient wanted to tell you that it wasn't your fault. It was an unforeseeable accident."
Setsuna started to tear up. She didn't realize how much this affected her until Ivan offered her some solace. "Arigato, Omojen-isha!" He put his strong hand on her shoulder. She drew some of his strength. He drew a card from his immaculate white jacket. "If you need comfort…" She pocketed the card into her skirt. He left to go treat other patients. Setsuna sighed and smiled, perhaps there was something good that happened out of this terrible day.
Haruka and Michiru joined her. Their faces were impassive, preparing to going on a mission. She arranged her countenance as impassive as possible. "Our small princess has revealed the identity of her attacker." Michiru said, sliding into her comfortable Senshi mask.
"You have bad taste in boyfriends." Haruka kidded, trying to make light of the situation. "Dammit! I guess that I did not threaten him enough!"
"Well," Setsuna shook her head with resolve "let's go."
In a whirlwind of cherry blossoms, the trio was gone on another mission, a personal one.
NEWS BREAK
The television in the house of the Outer Senshi was blaring with the sound of a droning reporter. The family gathered from all around the house to see the new developments. A middle-aged man appeared primped for his television viewing.
"We have a late-breaking story. The Chief Financial Officer was killed a few hours ago. Nevlen Otoshi was a suspect in the threatening of two young girls today. His house was not broken into so we believe that the victim did know his attackers. Police say that the body had all of his bones broken and there was a smoking hole in his stomach. But the strangest thing was the victim died of asphyxiation due to drowning even though there was no water at the scene of the crime. It is a puzzling mystery and police have no clues."
Haruka turned off the television and looked at her comrades. This was one of those things kept among the Outer Senshi in their job to protect their princess. They all had blood on their hands.
Michiru put on a cheerful countenance. "Well, let's prepare for your date with Dr. Love, Setsuna." She wanted to break the spell of depression and darkness over her companions. Setsuna smirked, thankful for such friends as Haruka and Michiru.
Author's Comments:
I know that this chapter sucks but I hit a major writer's block. That is why this chapter took so long to finish. I am in great need of ideas. Anything will do, dating ideas, clothing ideas, characteristics of dates, even helping with some of the plot. I am begging anyone who reads this to help because I do not want to discontinue this but if I can't get any ideas, I am going to have to.
And it would be a great help to me if people would read my other fic, Sailor Moon: the Harper Saga.
I also want to personally thank aserene who has reviewed most of the chapters in this fic. I will finish this fic just for you because you've kept encouraging me to finish. Wish me luck! Ja na!