Well sorry it took awhile to get chapter 2 up. Hopefully it will be worth the wait. For those that care. Episode 2 and 3 of the drama series, Last Friends, is out subbed by Kioku.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or Last Friends
Chapter 2: On the Road to Tokyo
The next morning, I had all my bags packed and by the door. Haruka should be here anytime now. My mom sat in the living room watching the morning news.
"So, am I going to meet this friend you're leaving me for?" She asked.
"I guess." Was all I replied with. I walked into the living room and sat beside my mom while I waited. A few minutes later, there was a knock on the door. I opened it and Haruka was standing there.
"Good morning, Michiru. Are you ready to go?" She greeted me. I nodded my head. My mom turned her head then got off the couch. She walked over to us.
"So, is this your friends?" She asked.
"Yes, mom, this is Haruka Tenoh." I said. Haruka politely bowed to my mom.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, ma'am." She said. My mom huffed.
"What are your attentions towards my daughter? You aren't planning on taking advantage of her when I'm not around, are you?" My mom questioned. The nerves of her.
"Mom, Haruka is a girl. I don't think she is planning anything like that." I told her. Mom just huffed again and turned back into the living room.
"I assure you, I'm not planning anything bad towards your daughter." Haruka called out to her.
"Fine then, she's none of my concern now anyways." Mom called back. Haruka looked a bit confused. I picked up my bags.
"Just ignore her." I said and handed Haruka some bags. "She can get a bit moody. Now let's go before her mood changes." With that we were off.
"Say goodbye to Kyoto." Haruka told me as we left the city. I giggled at her.
"Are you being serious?" I asked. She nodded and a punched her playfully.
We drove all day. It was a long way back to Tokyo. I glanced over at Haruka. She was not looking so well. Her face was a bit red and she was covered in sweat.
"Are you OK?" I asked her.
"I'm fine." She replied in a hoarse voice. I frowned at her. Something tells me she wasn't. When she stopped at a red light, I reached over to feel her forehead.
"God, Haruka, you're burning up. I seems you've gotten a fever." I told her. I knew she needed to start driving a car with a roof.
"Well I'm fine to keep going." She said. I shook my head.
"No, you're not. I want you to stop at the next hotel so you can rest." I told her in a stern voice.
"But the next hotel is a high class place for rich people." She said.
"I think we can pass. I brought along a fancy dress." I told her. She sighed.
"Fine." We arrived at the hotel in 15 minutes. It was hard to believe this was a hotel. It looked more like a mansion. It was a very lovely place. Haruka parked her car and got out. "Hopefully we'll be able to get a room." I giggled at that. Funny how a simple sentence can come out sounding naughty. We grabbed our bags from the trunk and went inside. I promptly froze when we walked in. This place had an ominous feeling to it. I better check this out while Haruka's resting. We walked up to the front desk.
"May I help you two?" The guy behind the desk asked. I stepped forwards.
"Yes, my friend caught a bit of a fever today, so we're looking for a room so she can rest." I told him. He looked us both over.
"Hey, isn't your friend the legendary junior racer, Haruka Tenoh?" He asked. I just smiled and nodded. "And you're Michiru Kaioh, the famous painter and violin prodigy." I just smiled and nodded again.
"Yes, that's us." Haruka commented in a hoarse voice. I hoped we would get a room so she could get better.
"I would be honored to have you two in my hotel. So what kind of room would you like?" The man asked us.
"We would like a room with two beds." I told him. The man pulled out a key.
"Sure thing. You'll be stay in room 101. Enjoy your stay." He told us. I bowed as we left to our room. We got to our room and flipped the lights on. It was a very nice room. Way more luxurious then the apartment I shared with my mother.
"Wow, this place in enormous." Haruka commented. I turned around to her.
"And what are you doing standing around here?" I asked. She looked confused. "You should be resting." I pushed her toward the bed.
"But shouldn't I put my pajamas on first?" She asked.
"Do what you want. I just want you to rest." I looked around the room suspiciously. "I'm having an ominous feeling about this hotel. I'm going down to the dining room to check this out. Get some rest while I'm gone." With that I left the room for the dining hall. When I entered the hall, I was greeted by a waiter.
"Good evening, ma'am. Are you dining alone tonight?" He asked me.
"Yes, I am sir." I replied. He smiled and nodded.
"Follow me ma'am." He led me over to a table. I sat down at the table. "Would you like some wine, ma'am?" Huh, wine. But I wasn't old enough to be drinking, but since he asked, I better take him up on his offer. It would be rude not to.
"Yes, I would love some." I told him. He left to get a bottle. What kind of place served alcohol to minors? Oh well. When he returned he poured me a glass. I nodded and took a sip. Not the best tasting stuff in the world, but it could become addicting. I turned to the stage. Their was a puppeteer performing tonight.
"What do you think is in this bottle?" The puppet asked.
"But it's rumored that the true feelings of everyone in the city are in this bottle so everyone is afraid to open it." The puppeteer replied.
"But in order to destroy the evil sorcerer, it has to be broken, right?" The puppet asked.
"Even the courageous who first claimed this were afraid and protected the bottle." The puppeteer explained. The audience laughed at this. Funny how they can find this amusing. The waiter came back over to pour me another glass of wine, but I politely declined. What would Haruka say if I stumbled in the room drunk? I may even get in trouble for underage drinking. I got up to leave. I had had enough of this.
"As a result, everyone fell under the spell of the evil sorcerer. Even the most truthful people were afraid that the real truth would come out and no one could break the spell." The puppeteer said as I left. Everyone laughed again. I went back up to the room. Maybe some rest will calm me down. I opened the door and walked in.
"You've been perspiring quite a bit." I heard I female voice, which was not Haruka's, when I walk in. Curious I peeked around the corner. There, I saw a maid attending to Haruka in bed. "I belie your fever is coming down. Dinner will be brought to you by room service." Haruka then clasped her hand.
"You'll be bringing the dinner, I hope." She said in her charming voice. Trust her to only be able to think about flirting when she has a fever. The maid backed up a bit.
"Yes." She replied quickly. I knew I shouldn't have left the room.
"Thanks. It's great to be taken care of by a pretty girl like you." Haruka told her. OK, I had enough of this now. I slammed the door to get their attention. The maid quickly shot up.
"Thank you. I'll take over from here." I told her.
"Yes madam. Excuse me." The maid chirped as she snuck out of the room passed me. She seemed quite embarrassed about being caught. Maybe she though I was the angry wife or something. I smiled at her as she left. I couldn't feel ill about her.
"Y-you're back early." Haruka commented nervously. I smiled slyly at her. Now to get some pay back for that.
"You seem to be doing much better." I told her. She looked at me sheepishly and tried to hide under her covers like a bad little kid. She could be so cute sometimes.
"Yeah, but I think I still have a bit of a fever." She said. She could have fooled me. "So, did you find out anything?" So she does remember why I left.
"I do sense something evil, but…" I started to walk over to her bed.
"I see, sorry to get sick at such a time." She said. Well if she didn't get sick, we would have stopped. "I'm so much trouble for you." I placed a cloth on her forehead. I bent down to look her in the eyes.
"You wouldn't be any trouble if you quietly stay in bed." I told her. She looked away nervously. I had her now.
"S-so, what's the feeling that you get?" She asked in attempt to change the subject. "I don't feel anything this time." I just sighed and shook my head. I bet she felt the maids touch. I sat down on my bed.
"It's a bit different from the Death Busters. If it's an enemy external to the solar system, we should be able to feel something stronger." I told her. "But ever since the last eclipse, I've had a strange feeling…"
"Something is about to happen, is disaster threatening the Earth again?" Haruka asked. I got up.
"I don't know, but I think we'll find out. I'm going to get some fresh air. You stay here." I told her. "Quietly." With that I left the room. I found the balcony and looked out. What was going on here? What was I feeling? I then felt something behind me. I spun around quickly.
"Who is it?" I asked and saw the maid.
"I'm sorry." She said.
"Oh, I'm sorry if I frightened you." I apologized. "Was there something you wanted to tell me?"
"Well, the breeze from the sea is still quite cold this time of year. I thought that maybe you should come inside." She told me.
"Thank you, I'll be okay." I told her. I was the senshi of the sea. The sea would not give me a fever. I turned around for a brief second. Big mistake. The next thing I knew, the maid had me in a strangle hold. Was she trying to kill me so she could have Haruka to herself? "What are you?" I asked as I opened my eyes a bit. She looked like she was possessed by something. Just what was going on here? I managed to get an elbow in on her to knock her off. I gasped for breath. She has a weird third eye on her forehead and it was glowing.
"What is that?" I asked. I then heard Haruka's scream. "Haruka!" Was she in trouble too? I had to save her.
"Neptune Planet Power, Make Up!" I yelled. I leapt up to the window. I puppeteer had her trapped in some kind of vortex. I watch the puppet drain her energy. I had really had enough of this.
"Wait!" I called out. The puppeteer turned to me. "Owner of this evil aura, I do not know who you are , but I, Sailor Neptune, guarded by the God of the Sea, will not tolerate such action!"
"Oh well. The maid screwed up." The puppet commented. So they were the ones that possessed the maid.
"She wasn't very useful, was she?" The puppeteer added. How dare they treat a maid like a tool?
"Let go of Haruka!" I told them.
"That is not possible." The puppeteer said.
"After all, there aren't so many people with such delicious energy." The puppet said.
"I see, then you shall have to fight me for it." I told them.
"I may be better to listen to my story first young lady." The puppeteer said. "Unfortunately, you cannot touch me."
"Pardon me?" What was he talking about?
"This bottle I have here is called the Spirit Sealing Bottle. Do you know what will happen if this bottle is broken." He asked.
"What happens? What happens?" The puppet chirped.
"All the shadows of the world will attack their owners." The puppeteer said.
"That's scary!" The puppet said as it spun its head around. That had to be a bluff. No way something so ridiculous could be true. But still I imagined shadows attacking.
"You don't have any proof that the story is true." I told them.
"Nor is there any proof that I'm lying." The puppeteer said.
"Wonder which it is?" The puppet chirped. I was so pissed I didn't even pay attention to his next words. I just attacked.
"Deep Submerge!" I cried. It smashed into them and destroyed the bottle. Nothing else happened. I knew he was lying. The puppeteer looked at me in shock.
"Now, have the shadows started to run rampant?" I asked smugly.
"Why? How did you know that I was lying?" He asked.
"So, it wasn't true." I decided to play with him. The vortex surrounding Haruka vanished. She fell back into bed. Good, she was safe now.
"You did it just to save her? What kind of a heroine are you?" He asked. I turned back to him, deciding to play with him some more.
"Oh, maybe you misunderstood. A world without Haruka is hardly worth saving." There was some truth behind that. He looked shocked.
"It's can't be." Haruka started to get up.
"Like hell you treated me well." She said then transformed.
"Uranus Planet Power, Make Up!" She screamed. The scared puppeteer backed away. It seems he was having a long night.
I'd like to return the favor." Uranus said as she cracked her knuckles. I decided it was time to give the puppeteer a break.
"Uranus, don't be fooled, it's the puppet that's the source of the power." I told her. It puppet gasped.
"I see, the puppet master was the real puppet." Uranus said. "Now what shall we do?" She cracked her knuckle again and the puppet ran like crazy.
"World Shaking!" Uranus cried. It smashed into the puppet.
"What did I return for, I did nothing for the Dead Moon!" The puppet cried as it was destroyed. With that, Uranus and I decided to take our leave. We detransformed and hoped in the car. We drove a few mile to a cliff and sat there.
"How are you feeling?" I asked Haruka. She was wearing a suit now.
"I kind of feel good after using all that energy." She told me. I noticed her holding something.
"What's that?" I asked.
"A piece of that puppet. Could this be a new enemy?" She explained.
"Don't worry, they'll take care of the world." I told her, referring to the inners.
"You're right. They'll take care of it." Haruka replied. We sat there staring at the sea in silence for awhile. Haruka finally broke the silence.
"So, were you telling the truth back there?" She asked me. I glanced up at her.
"The truth about what?" I asked.
"That a world without me isn't worth saving. Is that true?" She looked at me in the eyes. I nodded.
"Yes, it was." I told her. We were both silent for a few minutes.
"Michiru." She finally said.
"Yes?"
"I know I may flirt a lot with other girls but I want you to know. Michiru, I love you. Only you." She told me. I smiled at her.
"I love you too, Haruka." I replied. I leaned in close to her. After pausing I kissed her on the lips. The kiss started out friendly, but grew more passionate. We broke for air after a few minutes.
"Come on, if we leave now, we should be in Tokyo in a few hours." Haruka said.
"Yes, dear." With that, we were back off to Tokyo.
To Be Continued…
Well that was long. I swear, I'm never writing episode transcripts again. This will be the only time I do it. During Stars, it will either be skipped or I will put guesses up. Well review.