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A/N: I'm sorry this took so long for me to post. I am back from doing Army things, but now kicks in the Renaissance Festival season. I am busy with that now. I will try to get the next chapter out a.s.a.p. Thanks you all my loyal readers. wink
Eyes For Jupiter Chapter 8
By: Seiyaferret
Rein and I quickly made our way to the Crown. We walked in the door and saw the group sitting in their usual booth near the back. Since it was early on Sunday, there were few other people.
"Hey girl! It's about time!" winked Minako. "Did you stay up too late?" My face turned red instantly.
"Minako!" Yelled Usagi. "What Mako-chan does in her own home is none of our business. Besides, it's time to get to work."
I sent Usagi a grateful smile of thanks.
Rein pulled up two chairs and we both sat down. My face was still a bit red, but I didn't really mind. After all I was the one who had Rein.
"Alright. Let's get this meeting started," said Mamoru. "I have divided the area we are going to canvass into sections. We'll divide into pairs. Here are the questions we need to ask everyone we can."
"Are the outers coming as well?" asked Rei.
"Michiru and Haruka are going to ask some of their friends in the government if they can help, and Setsuna is currently back at her post," replied Mamoru. "I thought we would divide the teams up into girl-boy pairs. Rei and Yuuichirou get area one. Ami and Ryo will go to area two. Minako and Matoki, area three. Makoto and Rein area four and Usagi and I have area five. We'll meet back here in three hours to go over everyone's results."
Everyone gathered up their maps and headed for the door. Rein and I were the first ones out. I could tell that he was very excited about our little investigation. His eyes were alive with hope. I pray that we find out something, anything that might lead us to his brother.
We headed off to our area. It covered a part of Tokyo Central Park and a main shopping area.
"How are we ever going to be able to ask everyone here about my brother in just three hours?"
"We'll just start with the people who work here and go from there," I smiled.
We arrived at the shopping district after a ten-minute walk. We went into the first store and asked the shop attendant our questions. We didn't have to show him the picture of Monty because Rein was his carbon copy. No luck there. We continued on with the other stores with much the same results. No one had ever heard or seen him.
After two hours of questioning, we sat down on a park bench. I could tell that Rein was frustrated. To tell the truth, so was I.
"This is impossible! Nobody has even heard of my brother. How in the world are we suppose to find out anything if no one will admit they knew him?" he ranted.
"I don't know," I replied as I looked out across the expanse of park. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed a young woman had suddenly stopped, dropped her bag and was starring at Rein, almost like she had seen a ghost.
"Rein," I whispered. "Don't turn around suddenly, but I think we may have our first lead."
Rein casually turned towards me and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Sit down and look over to the left. That woman with the shoulder length black hair, who is picking up her things."
"Yeah."
"Well, she dropped her bag as soon as she saw you. To me it looked like she saw a ghost."
"Or Monty," said Rein. "We need to follow her."
I grabbed his arm before he could get up. "She obviously knows your brother, therefore you would be easy to spot. You need to head back to the Crown and tell the others. I'll follow her."
Rein looked at me, worried. "I don't want you to get into trouble."
"It's alright. I have my Senshi communicator. If anything happens I'll call." I gave him one last smile and took off. The woman was already leaving the immediate area.
Rein headed towards the Crown while I followed our lead. For ten minutes she walked around the park, then she headed south towards a residential area, a rather expensive neighborhood. She turned down 5th St. and as I turned the corner, I saw her unlock the door to her house. I waited for another thirty minutes before I was absolutely sure that it was indeed her home. I memorized the address and left to meet everyone else.
Twenty minutes later I walked into the Crown. Evidently, Rein has told them what happened because all eyes were glued to me at once. I didn't show any outward signs of emotion. I kept my face in a serious expression. Once I reached the table, Rein handed me a glass of water, which I gladly took a drink from.
"Well?" asked Rei. "What did you find out?"
I finished drinking and turned to Ami. "Can you do a computer search on an address?"
"Sure," she replied as she pulled out her mini computer. "What's the address?"
"319 5th Street."
She punched it into her computer and after a few minutes of anxious waiting…. "Bingo! A woman by the name of Sinsuifu Yukara lived there."
"What can you tell us about her?" I asked.
"I'm already on top of it. Ahh…here we go. She is twenty years old and a student at Tokyo University. Her parents were killed in a boating accident two years ago. They left her a small fortune upon their deaths."
"How small of a fortune are we talking about?" asked Mamoru.
"Just a minute," said Ami. "Only 2.3 billion dollars."
"Whew, small huh?" said Minako in awe. "I'd like to see what you consider a large fortune."
"We need to talk to her," I said. "Any ideas on how to get an introduction with a billionaire?"
"How about Michiru and Haruka?" asked Usagi. "They hang out with those people a lot. Don't they?"
Everyone just sat there in stunned silence starring at Usagi. We just couldn't believe our ears.
"Well? Don't they?" she asked again on the brink of tears.
Just before one of her remarkable waterfalls, Rei jumped in and said, "Usagi that's a great idea! Haruka and Michiru could definitely help!"
With that said, by Rei of all people, Usagi beamed.
"What great idea did my little Muffin have?" asked Haruka as she and Michiru approached the table.
"DO you know a young woman named Sinsuifu Yukara?" I asked.
"I do," answered Michiru. "My father and hers were good friends."
"Do you still see her?"
""Not really. Once her parents died she pretty much kept to herself," said Michiru. "Why?"
"I bet it's something to do with Mako-chan's new friend," said Haruka.
"How did you guess?" asked Rein as he stood to face Haruka. "I'm Rein North. You must be Haruka and Michiru." He reached out to shake Haruka's hand.
"Nice to meet you," said Haruka, as she took his hand. "Now, what does Yukara have to do with anything?"
Rein motioned for them to join the group as he sat down again. "Well, it seems that Yukara saw a ghost today when she saw me. Makoto and I think she knew my brother."
"Do you to think that you could arrange something so we can talk to her," I asked. "I think she might get freaked out if we just all showed up on her door step."
"We can have a dinner party and invite her," said Michiru.
""Will she actually come?" asked Haruka. "I mean, she hasn't been to any of the social gatherings in the past year."
"Don't worry darling. I'll personally invite her. She owes me a favor anyway."
Looking a little jealous, Haruka replied, "Why does she owe you a favor?"
Michiru just let out a small laugh and grabbed her hand. "Don't worry about it." She then turned to us and said, "the dinner party will be Wednesday at eight o' clock."
With that, Haruka was pulled out of the crown still trying to pry out of Michiru why she was owed a favor.
"Well, that takes care of that," said Ami.
"No it doesn't!" shouted Minako.
Everyone looked at her confused. "It doesn't?" asked Ami.
"NO! What on earth am I going to wear?" (Everyone sweat-dropped)