Yah, here's the next chappie.

I've got partial writers block, so I don't know how you guys will view this lil fict. um... so yah. w/e.

A Bad Turn of Events

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Aya looked over at Yoji, who was playing Chess with Mirai. Omi and Ken were watching them play.

He looked at Mirai. Her long dark hair was pulled up into a ponytail. She was pretty, but the only thing that bothered him were her eyes. There was something about her eyes, or at least the way they could be sometimes. Her eyes were a beautiful blue color but sometimes they just seemed... cold. An icy cold.

"What is it Aya? Why are you just standing there staring at the... chess board?" Mirai asked. He knew she was about to ask, "why were you staring at me that way?"

"Yah, you looked like you were going to burn a whole through it," remarked Omi.

There was a knock at the door.

"Oh, that's gonna be Michiru probably. Let me get it," said Yoji.

"Michiru Kaiou?" Mirai's voice was hard and cold.

"Yes. Why?" Yoji looked confused.

"Nothing."

Aya had been surprised at the hardness in Mirai's voice.

Yoji and a blue-haired woman walked into the room. Aya guessed that was Michiru. He was right because Yoji introduced her to them as Michiru.

"So why are you here?" Mirai's voice was dark.

Michiru looked surprised. "Yoji had some information on the computer. It was too big to send me so I came to load it on a disk."

"Shouldn't you be doing more important things?" Mirai glared at her.

Everyone was taken aback. Mirai was NEVER like this. What was it about the newcomer that she didn't like?

Michiru frowned. "I came here because I have some spare time. I'm going to an art show where some of my paintings are being shown, one of them is even being honored. Why would you even care anyway?"

Aya was starting to think that the guys and he would soon be having to break up a cat fight.

Everyone was quiet for a few minutes, and no one moved.

Mirai suddenly stood up. "Apparently the world doesn't mean anything to you. I guess I was right about you and your friends; you aren't worth anything!" Mirai strode out of the room after giving Michiru a glare that said, "if it weren't for my friends here, you'd be dead."

"What was that about?" Omi asked.

Aya noticed Michiru was a little pale. "Michiru, why don't you sit down for a few minutes?"

"No, no thank you." Her voice was just a little shaky. She took a breath. "I'm alright." Suddenly she had sounded cool and serene again. She had regained all of her composure and the color in her face. "Who is that girl?"

"Mirai," said Ken. "Well, we call her Mirai."

"Why?" Michiru looked a little curious, kind of like a child who was just going to have the answer to a mystery finally revealed to her.

"I found her almost dead."

Michiru looked at Aya in shock.

It was true though. Aya had found her nearly dead. She had been lying out there in the middle of the night when they had been coming home from one of their missions, which would be one of the last ones they would ever have to do. He had found her and brought her in. Somehow, the girl had survived. He wasn't quite sure how, but she had. "I found her in the street one night, close by to where we lived. The four of us took care of her, and after a while she regained all of her health."

"I see."

Michiru followed Yoji, who had beconned to her, and they went into his room, where his computer was.

Aya wasn't about to explain to Michiru about all that Mirai had told him. She had told him so many incredible things, which he had discovered were all true. She had told him about the Sailor Scouts, revealed their true identities to him. Told him about the Spirt World and those who would come from another dimention. About a new enemy which would soon be revealed. She had told him so many things, including things about himself that he had thought no one knew except himself. And, before he realized, Mirai had entangled him and the guys into something they couldn't get out of. They had to become a part of it, and see that the world lived and the enemy was destroyed, in order to continue on. It was the only way. 'She left us no choice,' thought Aya. 'She knew what she was doing the minute she attempted to walk down the streets, before falling very close to where we lived. But at the same time, she's also made it impossible for herself to get away from everything.'
'She was an odd girl, that Mirai. Where have I seen her before? I know I have seen her. I must have, but where?' She glanced up at the light as it turned green, and onward she drove home. 'I know I have seen her somewhere. Must have. Somewhere.'

She drove into the garage at the house a few minutes later. After making sure the garage door was closed, she went into the kitchen for a quick glass of water, and found Haruka in there. "What's wrong?"

Haruka was standing with her back to Michiru, and staring down at the sink.

"Haruka?"

Haruka glanced at her. She looked... weary.

"What's wrong?" Michiru searched Haruka's face... her eyes. "Haruka? What's wrong?"

"Michiru," Haruka whispered, then fell to the floor.

"NNNNOOOO!" Michiru screamed. "SETUSNA! PLUTO! HELP!" She ran towards the phone as Setsuna ran in.

"What-" Setsuna stared in horor at Haruka, then ran over and bent over her.

Michiru was dialing 911.

Michiru sat in the lounge of the 8th floor in the hotel. Setsuna, Hotaru, and Rinni were sitting near her as well.

It was still the same as when the ambulance had first arrived at their house: the doctors or any other medical staff couldn't figure out what was wrong with Haruka. She appeared healthy, but had suddenly dropped down. Now... she was in a coma.

Serena, Seiya, Taki, and Yaten entered the room and sat down beside them. Strangely, Yaten came over to give Michiru a hug.

She held onto him, and he held her tightly. "I'm sorry," Yaten whispered in her ear. "We're here for you. Well, I'm here for you, alright? You need anything, just ask. Okay?"

She nodded, then let him go. "I think I'll go for a little walk," she murmured.

"Want me to go with you?"

Michiru looked at Yaten, then shook her head.

"I understand. I'll come get you if there's any news."
She left the room and made her way down one of the halls. 'Haruka, what's happened? What happened while we were gone?' Her mind suddenly drifted to the girl, Mirai. 'Does she have anything to do with this? I wonder....'

"Sailor Neptune?"

Her head shot up. Ahead of her, was a girl cloaked in a midnight-blue cape, with the hood pulled up. Michiru glanced around, and was releaved in a way. No one was in the corridor, so no one had heard the girl.

"Who are you?" Michiru asked.

Then she remembered something. "You aren't actually planning to do that, are you Suzumi? People will be looking for you. Even if you are pronounced dead, many people will not believe you. They know you want to escape from everything. What makes you think that everyone will believe it?"

"Because, Michiru, they will. What they'll hear is that the Spirt World finally got me back. No one will ever know."

'But she was actually killed. Suzumi was actually------- "MIRAI!"

The girl pulled off her hood. "You figured out my code name. Congratulations Michiru."

"Why were you so cold back at Yoji and his friends' place?"

"Because you didn't recognize me! I thought for sure you would recognize me, Michiru, you of all people." She frowned. "Now, what's happened to Haruka?"

Michiru nodded. 'If anyone can help Uranus, it's her.'
Seiya looked at the policemen in front of her. "Are you positively sure that you can't find her?"

"Sir," said an officer, "we've checked this place from top to bottom. There's no way that she's in here, and no one saw her go out. There's always someone standing beside the door, and no one saw her."

He glanced at Setsuna. He was worried about her now. 'Setsuna, Michiru, and Haruka are the original three Outer Sailor Scouts. Someone's after the Outers. Two are down now. We've got to keep an eye on Setsuna now, before something happens to her as well.' He knew there would be no sleeping tonight.

I put in the guys from Weib (Yoji, Ken, Aya, and Omi) but not too sure how much they're gonna pop up in this thing. I dunno. They may be a kind of subplot or something. w/e. I now have room to move and figure some things out.

Tell me who you guys think should be paired up with who, cuz I'm gonna do a couple pairings at least. I KNOW THE PLOT THOUGH! yay! go me! You guys will figure it out eventually.