Well, okay, I don't have much to say, just thank you to all of you who read and double thank you to all ofyou who reviewed.
To my reviewers of Chapter 3:
Kawaii Rubber Ducky – Thank you! I'm so glad that people like this story…my penname's a pun…(silly me).
Chibi Ame – Oh, thank you so much! Okay, in the fights, both Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn were missing, but on the magazine, it was only Sailor Saturn that was missing, therefore Sailor Pluto was the person that Sakura didn't recognize.
shortygirl333 – thanks!
yaoifanboy – I'll bring Mamoru back, don't worry. As for a Touya/Yukito pairing…well we'll just see how that plays out. They aren't already, I can tell you that
devilishgurl – haha, I feel the same way…I'm one of the most over-dramatic people in the world…
Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura or Sailor Moon
Chapter 4
"Oh, what about the guy who came after Christmas break." Minako said.
"Minako-chan, stop it. We're here to do homework." Ami said, looking up at her.
"And the one who sits in front of you in math!" Minako continued.
"No! He's a total nerd!" Makoto said, laughing. Usagi moaned and hit her head on the table. She brought her head back up with a red spot on her forehead.
"Usagi-chan! Stop it!" Rei said.
"Oh Rei-chan, don't yell at her." Ami said. "It's only been two days."
"She's right Rei-chan. Besides, this is all so sweet, like some tragic love story on TV." Minako said.
"That's exactly what I want my life to be." Usagi said. "A tragic love story on TV."
"Let's just get back to homework." Makoto said.
"Please." Rei pleaded.
"I thought you were already done." Minako said to Rei.
"I am, but if you were doing homework, you wouldn't be making so much noise."
"It's called multitasking." Minako said.
"Why don't you multitask quietly?"
"Because then there would be no point in being able to multitask."
Usagi groaned and started to pack her books away. "I'll finish this at home. See you all tomorrow."
"Okay, goodbye Usagi-chan." Ami said. All of the other girls said goodbye and Usagi left.
"So what are we going to do about Mamoru-san?" Makoto asked.
"What can we do? We don't even know where he is." Minako said.
"Well then we'll have to find out then, won't we?" Ami said.
"How? The only way we'd find out is if we went there, and we can't." Rei said.
"We'll just wait then." Makoto said.
"I wish it would happen sooner rater than later." Minako said. "She's so depressed, and it was even worse in school yesterday."
There was a beeping from Rei's bag and she took out her cell phone.
Minako gasped. "Rei-chan! A cell phone! In your school bag! Shame on you for breaking the rules!"
"Shut up." Rei said before answering the call. "Moshi moshi."
"Hello Rei-chan, this is Michiru."
"Oh, hi Michiru-san!"
"I'm sorry that Haruka-chan and I had to leave so quickly on Sunday."
"It's no problem, you probably had stuff to do."
"We should have helped with Usagi-chan."
"Well…she prefers to be alone anyway."
"Yes, I can understand that. Well, we were wondering if it would be a good idea to meet with Kinomoto-san this weekend, I would really like to understand what is happening and if she knows anything."
"Yeah, that would be good. I'll call you back once I talk to everyone."
"Great. Well, goodbye Rei-chan."
"Goodbye Michiru-san." Rei hung up her cell phone and looked up at the waiting girls. "Michiru-san and Haruka-san want to meet with Kinomoto-san this weekend."
"Okay, I'll make sure I don't have any plans." Minako said.
"I don't have any plans." Makoto said.
"Me neither." Ami said.
"Good, now we just have to make sure that Usagi-chan and Chibi-Usa-chan are okay." Rei said.
"Well, Usagi-chan's probably free. You see, on a normal Saturday she would be out with Mamoru-san." Minako said.
"We still need to see if she's up for it." Rei replied.
/MoOn/
/AnD/
/StArS/
Chibi-Usa carefully pushed open the door to Usagi's room. She felt so sorry for her future mother, but she couldn't feel herself fading away, so there was no doubt that Mamoru would be saved at the moment, but there was so much pain involved.
"Usagi-san?" She asked hesitantly. "Are you okay?"
"No." Usagi wept. She was lying on her stomach on her bed with her head stuffed into her pillow.
"We're going to save him." Chibi-Usa said reassuringly.
"How do you know?"
"I'm still here."
Usagi looked up at her with tearful eyes and smiled. Chibi-Usa gave her a big hug and it made Usagi feel so much better. Chibi-Usa could see that Usagi was starting to become the person she would be in the future, the perfect mother who dedicated her life to her family.
Suddenly, the telephone on Usagi's bedside table rang. She paused before answering.
"M-moshi moshi." She said. It was as if on some level of hopefulness, she was wishing it were Mamoru asking if she wanted to go out the next day. It was not, however. It was Rei who answered.
"Usagi-chan? You don't sound well."
"Well I'm not." Usagi said.
"Well…we were wondering if you wanted to take a short trip to Tomeada this weekend."
"Tomeada? Isn't that where Kinomoto-san lives?"
"Yes, we were planning on meeting with her to discuss…stuff."
"Okay, that's fine." Usagi said with a heavy sigh.
"You sure?"
"Yes, the sooner we figure this out the better."
"Okay, I'll call Michiru-san and we'll sort out a time. I'll call you later to let you know."
"Okay."
"Bye Usagi-chan."
"Bye Rei-chan." Usagi sighed and hung up the phone.
"So are we going to Tomeada?" Chibi-Usa asked.
"Yeah, this weekend."
"Are you sure you want to go?"
"Yes, I'm sure." Usagi said. She felt her eyelids become heavy and she yawned. "I'm going to have a nap."
Chibi-Usa got up. "I'll go then."
Usagi nodded and pulled the covers over herself. Chibi-Usa left, softly closing the door behind her. She waited there a while. "Sweet dreams." She whispered.
/MoOn/
/AnD/
/StArS/
Sakura walked happily through the open gates of the Daidouji mansion. Today the sailor senshi would be coming to Tomoyo's house, and Sakura thought it would be interesting to talk to them.
"I don't trust these girls!" Kero said from her bag.
"Well we have to get to know them better, Kero-chan." Sakura said as she rang the doorbell.
"What if I don't want to." Kero replied.
Sakura giggled at his tone as the door opened, revealing Tomoyo.
"Good morning Sakura-chan." She said.
"Good morning!" Sakura replied happily.
"Kero-chan may come out, there's no one here except for my mother, and she's in her office." Tomoyo said.
"Thank you Tomoyo-chan!" Kero said as he burst out of Sakura's bag. "I was dying in there."
Tomoyo giggled as she closed the door behind Sakura.
"So when are the sailor senshi arriving?"
"In about two minutes, you're a bit early."
Sakura sighed. "Now why can't I be early for school?"
Tomoyo smiled.
"What smells so good?"
"I was baking cookies, I just took them out of the oven." Tomoyo said. There was a knock at the door as she was going to get them. She stopped and answered the door, expecting to see someone she recognized. Standing there was a girl with wavy turquoise hair and another girl with short blonde hair. Just as she was about to ask who they were, Sakura interrupted.
"Hello!"
Tomoyo gave her a questioning look and Sakura replied with a look that said she would explain later.
"Hello." The girl with turquoise hair said. "I'm Kaioh Michiru and this is Ten'ou Haruka. It's okay if you don't recognize us…"
"You're sailor senshi then…" Tomoyo said, her voice was full of uncertainty.
"Yes." Michiru said, smiling.
"Well, come in. Come to the living room." Tomoyo said. "I'll make some tea."
The two older girls followed Tomoyo to the living room and they sat down on the couch.
"Thank you for coming." Michiru whispered.
"If only to please you Michiru-chan." Haruka said, sighing.
There was a knock at the door and this time Sakura answered it.
"Sailor Moon!" She exclaimed.
"You recognize her?" A girl with long, raven hair asked.
"Well…yeah." Sakura said. "But that's only 'cause I'm magic."
"Oh…" The girl said. "Well, I'm Hino Rei, this is Mizuno Ami, Kino Makoto, Aino Minako, Tsukino Usagi and…" Rei stopped as she reached Chibi-Usa. "This is Chibi-Usa."
"It's so nice to meet you all." Sakura said. "Come into the living room."
The six girls walked into the living room and sat down. Tomoyo came in with two glasses of tea and went to make more when she saw that there were six new people. Kero, who had been with her, now came to float next to Sakura protectively. Sakura noticed that three of the girls were carrying cats with strange half-moons on their foreheads. She could feel that their auras were almost as strong as the people carrying them, as if they were humans in cat bodies, but that was not the case.
Sakura's thoughts went back to the girls. She could tell they were the sailor senshi by their auras, but the way that they kept their identities secret completely baffled her. She could understand why Tomoyo didn't recognize any of them, but once you did know who they were, it was so obvious, and yet it still confused Sakura. The kind of magic that made it work was one that she had never seen before.
"You must think that I'm such a bad hostess." Tomoyo said as she came in with a large tray of cookies.
"No, it's not that at all." Michiru said politely. She took a deep breath. "When you lose a loved one, being social can be a challenge for some, I think we're just having trouble breaking the ice."
Tomoyo smiled gently. "I can understand that."
There was a loud crunching noise and everyone turned to look at Usagi, who was eating a cookie.
"What? I didn't have any breakfast, I'm hungry." Usagi said.
Rei looked at her. "Usagi-chan, I know you're not in the mood to cook but at least ask your parents or your brother to do it for you."
"My parents weren't home and my little brother's an annoying little rat." Usagi countered.
"Well you've got to eat!" Rei said.
"I do…it's just less."
"More like you're starving yourself." The dark coloured cat in Usagi's lap said. Sakura and Tomoyo jumped slightly.
"Stay out of it Luna-chan."
"She only eats chocolate!"
"And believe me, you can't live off of chocolate." Minako said.
"So he was your boyfriend then." Sakura said. Everyone turned towards her and Usagi nodded. "I'm so sorry for what happened to him, it was my fault."
"Sakura-chan-." Tomoyo began.
"No, it was my impatience that got him taken away. If I hadn't been so stubborn on saving you I wouldn't have gone into the fog, he wouldn't have followed me and he would still be here." Usagi said.
"Someone would have been captured anyway." Tomoyo said, boldly. Everyone turned to look at her. "I mean, Sakura-chan, didn't it tell you that it needed a hostage and that you were just the bait?"
"Yes, she did." Sakura said nervously.
"So it's a she?" Minako said.
"Well that wipes out half of the population of our planet Earth. Helpful, no?" Haruka said sarcastically. Michiru elbowed her and she laughed slightly.
There was a sudden knock at the door and both Sakura and Tomoyo snapped their heads around to look at where it came from. Tomoyo go up to answer it.
"Wait." Sakura said, closing her eyes. "It's…Yukito-san…and my brother." She said, opening her eyes and smiling.
Tomoyo smiled in return and went to answer the door.
"You know, you're never going to experience to joy of surprise if you do that." Touya said. He and a young man with white hair and glasses walked into the living room.
"You were right…" Yukito said. "It is a truck load of girls."
"Why are you two here anyway?"
"I heard you have no supervision." Touya said as he sat himself next to her.
"My mother's just upstairs…" Tomoyo said.
"In a sound proof office." Touya said.
Tomoyo gave up on saying anything.
"So you ladies just continue your conversation." Yukito said.
There was a silence that lasted beyond comfort. "W-we just had some questions…" Ami started hesitantly.
"Ami-chan." Haruka said. "I know you'll take this the wrong way, but shut up."
Ami closed her mouth immediately.
"Haruka-chan-." Michiru started.
"Michiru-chan, you've asked me to warn you, I'm in one of those moods." Haruka said. Michiru sighed and gave up. Haruka turned to Touya. "Why should I trust you?"
"I don't know, but you should." Touya replied calmly. "My trust is a valuable thing to gain if you're going to get caught up in the events surrounding my sister. And believe me, you won't gain my trust until I gain yours."
"Well that's quite a goal you've set for yourself. No offense, but quite frankly, I don't trust any of you, and I think you should all get out of this mess before you get in too deep." Haruka said.
"We're already in too deep." Touya said.
"You have good reason not to trust us." Yukito said. "But isn't that the only thing you can do? In a situation like this, sometimes you have to put your life in someone else's hands, even if you don't know them very well."
"You may even have to trust someone you don't like." Touya added.
"Thanks for the advice, I don't think I'll take it." Haruka said.
"Moving on…" Kero said, tired of the argument. "I ould like to figure out what's going on here."
Tomoyo glanced at Touya. The spirits he had seen the week before could be a big part of what was happening, but he didn't appear to be intending to tell anyone about it any time soon.
"Nobody knows what's going on and it doesn't look like we're going to find out any time soon." Usagi said. "I don't even know why we came here in the first place." She stood up and walked out of the room. Rei followed her.
Tomoyo sighed. She had hoped that this small gathering would go better, but the tension was just too much, and the fact that everyone had some kind of magical power except for her did not help to boost her confidence.
"Why don't I got get some more food." She said nervously. She got up and walked away from the silence and into the hall where Usagi was crying into Rei's shoulder. She went into the kitchen and took out a few plates. As she started to take out things from the fridge and the cupboards she heard Touya's voice.
"What was it that you wanted to talk about?"
"I just needed an excuse to get out of there." Yukito replied.
"Why?"
"Because I'm having trouble thinking."
There was a sound that resembled the flapping of wings and Touya yelled.
"Could you warn me before you do that!"
"I thought the time was appropriate." A voice deeper than Yukito's replied.
"So, are you going to tell them about the ghosts?"
"Not if you don't want me to." Yue said.
"You know how Sakura-chan will react."
"Yes, you're right. I think that I should go to those girls now."
"Yeah. Try to break the ice, will you?"
"I will try my best."
Tomoyo looked up as Yue walked past the door of the kitchen. Touya stopped and leaned against the doorframe.
"You won't tell her either, will you?" He asked. "I don't want her to get scared."
"She will have to find out eventually."
"I know that." Touya said before continuing onto the living room.
/M/o/O/n/
/A/n/D/
/S/t/A/r/S/
Bah, this chapter isn't one of my favourites…Other than the first appearance (and yet short)of Yue…I always liked that.
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