It's a day late, but man, it's long! Well, in terms of chapters I do. I'm proud of myself lol. Anywho, it turns out I didn't need to know what they call out for their transformations and what they use for attacks. Also, I guess I've made this all take place a little after Professor Tomo, but before Super S. There wont be many battles, but I didn't want to write about Makoto and Ami going to school quite yet lol. Well, hope you enjoy. The previous disclaimer applies.

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After eating Makoto's delicious cooking, and having another tickling war while cleaning up, Makoto and Ami sat sleepily on the couch. Makoto's head rested on the back of the couch with closed eyes as she listend to the soft music.

"It's beautiful." Ami lay her head on the taller gir's shoulder.

"Mhm." Makoto had heard Michiru's music before. In fact, the violinist had invited them to many of her concerts, but rarely had she heard Michiru and Haruka play together. However, when the did it was far more than beautiful, but beautiful seemed to be the only word Makoto, and everyone else, could think of.

"We should go to bed soon. We have school tomorrow."

Makoto groaned.

Ami giggled. "Ok, ok. But soon?"

"Mhm."

Ami poked the brunette's side. "Promise?"

Lifting her head just enough to look at the smaller girl, Makoto grinned. "Scouts honor."

Going back to her original position, Makoto moved her right arm in order to rest it gently on Ami's side. 'This is nice,' thought the brunette, closing her eyes.

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Makoto winced as pain shot through her neck. Groaning, she tilted her head and rubbed the back of her neck. The room was quiet except for Ami's steady breathing. After blinking a few times, she realized they had both fallen asleep. Looking down at the sleeping girl, Makoto couldn't help but smile then grimace when she noticed Ami's own position. It didn't seem as bad as her own, but if she didn't move the smaller girl soon, her neck would be much stiffer than Makoto's. Carefully maneuvering herself, Makoto stood up with a sleeping Ami in her arms.

"What time is it?" mumbled a sleepy Ami.

"Time for bed." Makoto smiled down at the half conscious girl.

Ami yawned and snuggled closer against the taller girl's chest, her reply muffled by Makoto's shirt.

After stepping through the doorway to her bedroom, Makoto glanced at her window making sure it was still open, and sure enough, the night breeze was floating in. Being careful not to wake Ami, Makoto gently lay the blue haired girl down on the bed and snuggled in next to her.

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Ami's eyes flew open as the sound of a trash can falling tore her from her reverie. The small girl rubbed her eyes to get a better sense of reality and suppressed a soft chuckle when she made out a sleeping Makoto inches from her own face. Another trash can falling almost made Ami jump in surprise.

Glancing at her watch Ami thought to herself, "Who in the world would be up at 2:00 in the morning?"

Curious to find an answer, the blue haired girl looked out the window to find a startled old man. Suddenly she saw something move in the shadow. Something big. Ami tried to make out a figure but quickly ducked out of sight when two silver eyes met her own.

"Makoto," Ami whispered urgently, softly shaking the girl.

"Hm?"

"Makoto, I think something's out there."

"What?" croaked the brunette.

Before Ami could explain her suspicion, a muffled scream was heard. Both girls shot out of the bed, transformed and made their way to the scream.

"What was that!"

"I don't know." Sailor Mercury quickly found the abnormal energy source and pointed the way for Sailor Jupiter; right into a dark alley.

"Oh, fun." Sailor Jupiter cautiously made her way through the alley with Sailor Mercury right behind.

"Watch out!" warned Mercury. Both girls dodged the metal object, still unaware of who or what it came from.

"That old man didn't give me close to enough energy. I suppose I can take yours," a young woman's voice called out.

In the dark, Mercury was just able to make out the humanized figure. It had the legs of woman but the torso looked like some kind of arcade game. The face of the creature was covered by a futuristic helmet. Its left arm was covered with metal armor while its right seemed like a normal human arm except with a metal glove.

"Over my dead body!" called out Jupiter.

Sailor Mercury quickly pulled out her communicator. "The alley across the street from Makoto's. Quick!"

Mercury looked up to see Jupiter charging the creature. Blows were exchanged, but the metal armor showed its purpose was for more than just looks.

"Damn." Jupiter wiped a trickle of blood from the corner of her mouth.

"Jupiter, get back!" Sailor Mercury took aim and shot at the monster, but to her dismay the creature jumped out of the way and into the shadows. "Where'd it go?"

"Watch out!" Running towards Mercury, Sailor Jupiter pushed the other Senshi out of the metal glove's way. Unfortunatily for Jupiter, the glove collided with a few ribs. Jupiter grunted as she flew back into a pile of trash.

Sailor Mercury stood up and was preparing to attack when a ball of energy tore the monster apart. Mercury looked up and found Sailor Uranus standing behind where the monster was. The blue haired Senshi smiled at Uranus, then fear grabbed at her as she thought of Jupiter. Turning around, Mercury was relieved to find Sailor Neptune helping Jupiter up.

"I'm fine, I'm fine," Sailor Jupiter kept saying but was in obvious pain.

"I think we'd better go somewhere," Neptune said, looking up at Mercury.

Jupiter winced as she stood up. "What about..."

"He's fine. Just a little dazed," answered Uranus, "The girl's the same as the man. No real damage."

With that, the four Senshi made their way to Makoto's apartment.

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"This is going to hurt," warned Ami.

Makoto just nodded.

Ami began to tightly wrap Makoto's torso, at the same time trying not to hurt the brunette too much. The taller girl was lucky to not have broken ribs, but bruised ribs weren't much better. Once Ami was finished wrapping Makoto up, the two went into the living room where everyone else had gathered. Usagi and Minako were talking on the couch while Rei and Mamoru sat quietly next to their girlfriends. The two older Senshi stood in silence next to one another.

"What happened?" asked Usagi.

"They got lucky." Makoto tried to make her breathing slow.

Ami shook her head. "It was my fault."

"It's no one's fault." The taller girl looked at Ami.

"It seems that some of Professor Tomo's creatures somehow escaped. They found a way to drain energy and are slowly taking it from people. Not enough at a time to cause any real damage-"

"But enough that after a while, they have enough power to cause trouble." Haruka finished her lover's sentence.

"Do we know how many there are?" Rei looked at the two older Senshi.

Both girls shook their heads.

"We'll all have to stay on alert. There can't be too many." Haruka sighed. She was just getting used to living normally again.

Everyone nodded in agreement and then looked at Makoto.

"I'm fine you guys," she insisted.

"Even with Senshi power it's going to take some time for your ribs to heal. You should stay home for a few days and rest," Ami said knowingly.

"I'll stay here with her," Minako offered.

"Actually, I was thinking I would. That way I could make sure the wrapping is still tight in the morning. And don't worry, I'll pick up our homework in the morning so we don't fall behind." Ami smiled at Makoto.

Minako groaned. "You aren't suppose to pick up homework when you take the day off."

Makoto softly laughed, then winced at the pain it caused.

"I could stay. You can even teach me how to wrap the thing around her."

"Usagi, you don't even know what the thing is." Rei sighed.

"I do too!"

"It's getting pretty late. I think it's time to give Makoto some rest," Mamoru said while standing up. "How about you stop by tomorrow with Chibiusa? Night everyone."

"Alright. Good night Makoto. Good night Ami." Usagi followed her boyfriend out of the apartment.

"Bye you guys. We'll stop by tomorrow." The raven haired girl smiled at Makoto and Ami and helped her girlfriend up.

"Bye," Minako added.

After the two girls left, Haruka turned to look at Ami. "Need some help getting her to bed?"

Smiling sheepishly, Ami nodded.

Haruka made her way next to Makoto and looked her up and down. "Um.."

"Picking her up might cause stress on her ribs. You might just want to have her lean on you."

The older Senshi nodded, wrapped an arm around Makoto and led her to the bedroom. A little while later, Haruka reappeared by herself.

"We'd better head out too," she said to Michiru then turned to Ami, "Night Ami."

"Good night and thank you."

"No worries."

Michiru watched Haruka leave then softly smiled at Ami. "She'll be fine."

Ami returned the smile.

Leaning closer to Ami, Michiru whispered, "Just make sure to be gentle. They may act tough, but they're really kittens inside."

"Michiru, it's 2:35 and I have an exam tomorrow!" Haruka popped her head in through the doorway.

"I didn't know you cared so much about your grades." Michiru turned to look at the frustrated girl.

"Yea, well, if it weren't for that deal of ours I wouldn't." Grinning, the sandy haired girl leaned against the door frame.

"Looks like I need to taim the kitten." Michiru smiled at Ami. "Night."

Ami's face flushed red. "Night."

Haruka looked curiously at Ami and then Michiru. Raising an eyebrow she asked, "Taim the kitten?"

"Mhm." The aquamarine haired girl softly chuckled and closed the door behind them.

After making sure the door was locked, Ami made her way to Makoto for some over due sleep.