Chapter Four-
Erin managed to participate in her gymnastics class on Thursday even though she didn't feel like going. After Sestuna got onto Minako about the girl's lessons she was back to work training the girls the day after. Now it was Friday and it was time for Daisy, Maggie, Hope, and Faith's lesson.
The four girls were back to back with one another, circling around in a circle as the youma floated above them.
"This is annoying." Chibi Jupiter called out, eyeing the youma.
"We just have to be smarter then it." Chibi Pluto said.
"Well, think of a plan!" Chibi Uranus hollered. "And quick cause I'm getting a little dizzy trying to keep up with this thing."
Chibi Neptune screamed out "Stream reflection!"
Followed by the attacks of the other three, but it only seemed to put a damper on the youma.
"Oh come on! This is getting ridiculous. What level is this anyways?" Chibi Neptune asked.
"According to the database it's a level where we all need to be here." Chibi Pluto said, looking at the screen.
"Why doesn't the youma attack?" Chibi Jupiter questioned.
"I don't know. And I don't want it to attack. I'm getting out of here." Chibi Uranus said, going toward the exit.
"Not-uh, where do you think your going." The youma smirked. She was about to attack Chibi Uranus when the stimulator was shut down. Chibi Neptune and Chibi Pluto dropped down to their knees.
"What is wrong with Minako? She hasn't been herself and everyone knows that." Hope stated.
Daisy looked up at the ceiling as if she wasn't paying attention to Hope and Maggie.
"I don't know." Maggie finally responded.
"I'm hungry." Faith said and opened the door. Minako helped the girls out apologizing that she gave them that youma.
"It's okay Aunt Minako." Hope replied, getting her stuff. The four girls left the room and went out to the fresh air.
Hope, Maggie, and Daisy started talking. Faith was getting a little irritated. "My food is calling me. It wants me. I must go get it." Faith started to walk like a dummy toward their house.
Hope rolled her eyes, "I'll see you guys tomorrow."
"You ready to start walking home?" Maggie asked Daisy.
Daisy gasped, "My bag! I left it in there!" Daisy ran back inside.
"Of course." Maggie said out loud.
Daisy stopped when she heard crying. Daisy peered around the corner, Minako was on the bench her knees to her chest, and her head laying on her knees; she was crying. Daisy wanted to go over there and comfort her, but she had a feeling that Minako didn't want to be found out about, just like Gloria and Erin didn't. Daisy walked slowly back out to Maggie. Her eyes were glossy and her eyes were facing the ground.
"Where's your bag?" Maggie questioned.
"It doesn't matter. Minako was crying so I just left." Daisy replied.
"What?" Maggie asked astonished.
"Minako Aino was crying." Daisy replied, tears almost coming to her own eyes. "Do you know where Gloria and Erin are?"
"At home with their dad?" Maggie answered more as a question then a suggestion. "Isn't there a way we can see what's going on?"
The girls both seemed to have the same idea, "Hope."
"But that means letting her in on this little mission." Maggie replied, surprised at what had just came out of her own mouth. Who was she kidding, she didn't honestly care if Hope knew. She wanted to tell someone and Maggie knew she should tell an adult, but she was afraid she'd get in trouble for getting into things she wasn't meant to, and they still weren't sure if something major was going on at the Aino residence.
"Well, unless you can try and see the future we have no choice." Daisy replied, looking for her communicator. "Crap, I left it in my bag."
"I've already tried to see into the future, it won't allow me to see Minako's future." Maggie said, pulling out her own communicator. "Hope we need you and only you please, meet us at midnight garden."
"Okay.." Hope answered, confused. "I was just about to go inside with Faith, is it that urgent?"
"Yes." Daisy said, taking the communicator from Maggie.
"Alright, I'll be there in a second." Hope said, going into her house. She had to think of something to tell her parents, she came up with a little lie quickly. "Mom, I'll be back in a second, I left something at the place." Hope said coming through the kitchen.
"Can't it wait till tomorrow?" Haruka asked, as she sat the plates down on the table.
"No." Hope called out and ran out the front door. She ran all the way to midnight garden, afraid that Haruka would come after her, but she didn't. Daisy explained everything to Hope. Hope just nodded her head and agreed with what Daisy was saying, but still none of it made sense. Daisy finished up with asking Hope to use her mirror.
"I could get in trouble if I use my mirror though. My mother wouldn't be too happy." Hope said.
"Please Hope, for the sake of the chibi senshi's." Daisy begged.
"Okay," Hope replies, as seeing she wouldn't be able to say no, she took her mirror out and meditated for a few moments. The mirror flashed in all different colors, but no picture appeared. "STOP!" She demanded to her mirror. She glanced up at Maggie and Daisy. "Umm.. show me Minako Aino." She concentrated hard, and an image appeared of the blonde haired girl. She was still in the training room sobbing.
Hope looked up at Daisy and Maggie shocked. Maggie nodded, and Hope continued what she was doing. "Erin Aino." The mirror emerged to the location that Erin was at. Erin was sitting on some grass, trying her hardest not to cry. Hope wanted to run to the little girl through her mirror, but she couldn't.
"Show me Asai, Knight of Venus." The mirror image changed to a man on the couch, holding a picture of what appeared to be Erin when she was first born. "This is what I've lost." He said, tears trickling down his cheeks.
Hope stops, "What in the world is going on?"
"Were not too sure, that's what were trying to figure out." Maggie replied, sadly.
"What are we going to do?" Hope questioned.
"I don't know. I think it's up to them, really." Maggie answered, looking at Daisy and Hope.
"What about Gloria? Is she okay?" Daisy asked, suddenly concerned.
Maggie's communicator went off. Maggie put her hand in her pocket and pulled out her communicator. It was her mother asking her where she was. Maggie sighed, and told her mother she'd be there in just a few moments. Maggie says goodbye to Hope and drags Daisy along with her.
"Come on your mother's probably already tried calling, but you never got your communicator." Maggie said, literally having to pull Daisy.
Hope returned home confused about everything. Could it really be possible that the Senshi of love was going through some sort of break up? It couldn't be true, maybe her mirror was broken, but all of them were having emotional break downs. Hope got her plate out of the microwave and ate alone on the dinning room table. Faith, Michiru, and Haruka were all in the living room watching TV. Hope wanted to cry, she wanted to go and hold Erin, and she wanted to see what was going on with Gloria, but she couldn't now. Not to mention she felt weak, if her mother found out, she'd be in trouble.
Maggie made sure Daisy was inside her quarters before she left to hers. Makoto did ask where Daisy's communicator was, when Daisy told her she left it in her bag, Makoto just sighed and said they'd get it in the morning.
Maggie went inside her quarters. Julia was sitting over in the corner of the living room with the lamp on reading a book. She glanced up for a moment to look at Maggie and then went back to reading her book. Sestuna and Gary came in questioning Maggie. After Maggie was done being lectured Sestuna told Maggie to be careful. Maggie got the feeling that her mother knew what she had been up to. Maggie nodded and went to her bedroom collapsing on her bed, she was about to fall asleep when her father brought her a plate of food. She stayed up long enough to eat a little bit of it, and then fell asleep.
"Look at this family, they're already broken. It'd be easy to kill them off now." One of the servants said, laughing.
"Or we allow them to kill themselves. Look." The master insisted, as he showed Gloria Aino through the projector.
Gloria Aino went through the house screaming and crying, throwing things down off the tables and busting them.
"I'm sorry!" Gloria screamed, to no one. "I'm sorry." Gloria went into her mothers bathroom, there on the sink was a picture of her mother, father, Erin and Gloria. "Why was I born? I ruined this family!" Gloria glared at herself in the mirror; she opened it and found the bottle of Advil. She took it into her hands and ran her fingers over it gently. She then threw it across the bathroom and turns back to the mirror. "I HATE YOU!" she screamed, as her fist came in contact with the mirror shattering it everywhere. Gloria looked at her hands becoming dizzy, she fainted.
"Interesting." The enemy snorted.