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Disclaimer: Awww. I still don't own Sailor Moon. I'm gonna cry!
The Missing Sailor
Chapter 4
" JOSH! I'M HOME!" Emma yelled shutting the front door behind her. She got no answer. She struggled through the kitchen with bags from the mall. She thought Sam over did it a bit. But she thought he was sweet. Emma set the bags down and went to the fridge and grabbed an apple. " Oh yeah, Josh had a date with Mina today too." She said to herself. She decided to go to the living room and channel surf. But to her surprise she found her brother making out with Mina. " OH MY GOD!" She yelled. Josh looked at her. He yelled as Mina fell off the couch. Emma was in shock.
" Um..Emma? Oh..er?" Josh stammered. Mina stood up and smoothed out her shirt.
" Hey Emma?" Mina blushed. " I was saying good bye" Mina said as she grabbed her jacket and left. Emma and Josh followed her until they heard the door slam.
" Emma, how was your outing with Sam?" Josh asked trying to take the tension out of the room.
" Oh it was great. Until I come home to you sucking face on our couch!" Emma yelled. She went to the kitchen to take her stuff upstairs. She stomped into her room and threw the bags to the ground. She took her dress and put it in her closet. She took her shoes and put them on the shoe rack and put the earrings in her jewelry box. She jumped on her bed and turned on her stereo and listened to Green Day.
" Wake me up when September ends," her favorite song. She listened to it all the time when she was mad at Josh. She got up and sat down at her vanity. She stared at her self in the mirror. She could see the difference in her appearance. The necklace around her neck changed her forever. She was no longer just Emma Rose Hanzo. She was Emma Rose Hanzo, Sailor Star. She was the reincarnation of a girl from another time. She was never just a normal teenage girl hoping for a boy to notice her, or to keep up with the latest trends. She was always the girl destined to protect the world from evil. Now she had a boy that noticed her, and because of her school uniform she didn't need to worry about what was in and what wasn't. But she had to worry about the safety of Tokyo and the rest of the world. She would have that burden on her forever now. She didn't even know squat at fighting evil. Emma heard the door open. Her head snapped as she looked to see who was there.
" Daddy!" Emma smiled. She was looking at the round man with black hair and the same blue eyes that she had. She hadn't seen her dad since the day before. " I thought you had another experiment tonight."
" The Tokyo Humane project is going to have to wait for a while." Mr. Hanzo replied. He had been on the team developing a window cleaner that could advertise in Tokyo. They had been working on it in the United states since Emma was nine and they hadn't gotten anywhere. The whole family was shipped to Japan when the finally cam up with a formula that wouldn't melt the glass. Now they were in Japan 'perfecting' it. Emma just guessed that they messed up somehow and were now fixing it before their director loses his patience. " I hear you met a boy" Mr. Hanzo smiled. Emma turned back to her mirror and pulled out her bracelet that Sam bought her. " Ah, so your brother was telling the truth. When do I meet him?"
" When he recovers from the shock of meeting Josh." Emma laughed. Josh walked in at that.
" Hey, I wanted to talk to him and he asked for permission to ask you out before I could say anything!" Josh said looking at her large collection of Mangas.
" Here, Rini gave me a yearbook to learn the names of people in my class." Emma reached into her book bag and pulled out a gold book and opened it, leafing through the pages to find the 9th grade section. She looked at the pictures until she found Sam's picture. Emma handed the book to her father and pointed at the picture. " There, Sam Tsukino." Emma smiled at her boyfriend's picture.
Boyfriend? Well he is my boyfriend now, right? He told Sakura we were going out. I'll just ask him to be my boyfriend when I go to Rini's tonight.
" Tsukino?" her father asked. Emma nodded. " I went to school with Kenji Tsukino he was my best friend in Highschool!"
" Well I'm going to Rini's again tonight. You can drive me and catch up." Emma smiled. Then she realized that he would meet Sam earlier than she wanted. " I am supposed to be there in an hour."
" Okay, call me when you are ready." Mr. Hanzo said as he kissed her on the forehead and left. Emma looked in her mirror and saw a reflection of Josh taking her Ceres: The celestial legend Mangas. " DADDY!" Mr. Hanzo ran into the room and saw Josh with the books.
" Josh, if you want to read those books so badly ask for your sister's permission first, or buy your own!" he said to his incredibly immature son who was being caught red handed. Josh put the books on the shelf and left. Mr. Hanzo shook his head ashamed of his 17 year old son who insists on stealing his younger sister's books. He left once again and Emma remembered that she had been mad at Josh earlier but she couldn't remember why.
Oh well, if it was really bad I would have remembered!
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" DADDY LET'S GO!" Emma called from the living room. Her father was on the phone trying to get through to her mother's office at the university to tell her he would be at the Tsukino's for a while. Her father grabbed his cell phone and the car keys.
" I'll have to try to call on my cell now won't I" Mr. Hanzo said walking out of his study. Mr. Hanzo looked around, " where is your brother?"
" oh. He decided to get on my last nerve and I threw him into Mount Fuji" Emma smiled. Her father laughed at her. " He's out with Mina."
" Mina?"
" His new girlfriend" Emma said.
" oh. Girlfriend?" Mr. Hanzo asked in disbelief. Surly, Josh was attractive but he always just pushed girls away. He didn't seem to want a girlfriend. They knew he wasn't gay. They were sure of that. Josh just seemed to be waiting for the right girl.
" Girlfriend!" Emma smiled. Then the pair headed out for the car. It took them five minutes to get to the Tsukino residence. Emma lead her father to the apartment and knocked on the door. Sam answered the door. When he saw Emma there he smiled. When he saw Mr. Hanzo there he frowned in fear.
" Mr. Hanzo sir." Sam bowed. Mr. Hanzo growled a bit.
" DADDY!" Emma breathed. Mr. Hanzo stopped as he pulled Emma closer to him. Emma rolled her eyes and broke free of her father's grip and walked over to Sam. " Daddy. You saw his picture. This is Sam." Mr. Hanzo didn't change his expression. Emma rolled her eyes and pulled Sam into the livingroom to watch tv. Mr. Hanzo followed. He saw Emma holding Sam's hand. He scowled. Emma saw it and scowled back. If there was one thing she inherited from her father it was how to properly scowl. Mr. Hanzo laughed and sat down in the armchair.
" SAMMY!" Serena called as she hobbled in on crutches. Serena looked at the balding man in the chair. "Hello?" Serena smiled.
" Serena, this is my dad." Emma introduced her father. Mr. Hanzo nodded.
" Oh forgive me sir. I'd bow but obviously I am disabled." Serena smiled.
" Don't worry. I'm waiting for your father." Mr. Hanzo replied.
" SERENA, SAMMY!" Mrs. Tsukino called opening the front door.
" COMING MOM!" The siblings replied. Sam was still holding Emma's hand as they walked to the kitchen to help Mrs. Tsukino with the groceries. Mr. Hanzo followed them. To his surprise there was a familiar brown haired beauty unpacking packages of Ramen. Mrs. Tsukino turned to Mr. Hanzo and smiled. For a second she didn't realize who the man in front of her. Then she recognized him.
" OH MY- HOTAKA HANZO!" she squealed as she went up to hug him.
" Ikuko Tattori!" Mr. Hanzo smiled hugging her back.
" That's Ikuko Tsukino now." Serena said sitting in the chair. Mrs. Tsukino smiled and flashed a wedding band as reached for more groceries.
" You married Kenji?" Mr. Hanzo asked. " You two hated each other in highschool. In fact you two put up with each other only when I was around."
" I know. Imagine what happens when your best friend goes to college in the states." Mrs. Tsukino laughed. Then Mrs. Tsukino had a flashback from the last weeks of their Senior year.
FLASH BACK
" KENJI! I SWEAR YOU ARE THE MOST IMMATURE, PIG HEADED, SELF ABSORBED JERK IN ALL OF JAPAN!" Ikuko screamed.
" Well, your just a stuck up snob that has nothing better to do then flirt with the quarterback" Kenji remarked. Ikuko was furious. She looked like she would pull her brown locks right her of her head. Secretly Kenji had always loved Ikuko but he would never admit it. And with Hotaka leaving she would have no reason to hang out with him. Ikuko would only come near him if their best friend was there too. Hotaka would be leaving for the United states three days after graduation. He hated being mad a Ikuko but she would walk all over him and make him eat dirt if she had the slightest suspicion that he had feelings for her. Kenji came back to reality when Ikuko threw a scone at his head. " OW! YOU BITCH!" Kenji yelled.
" I think that's enough!" Hotaka said as he appeared from around the corner. Hotaka saw that Ikuko was crying again. " Kenji, what did you do this time?"
" I only told her the truth!" Kenji scoffed as he grabbed his soda off of the table.
" HE CALLED ME A-A," Ikuko had tears streaming down her face.
" I heard what he called you" Hotaka said flopping onto the chair next to her. " I want to know what this 'truth' is."
" I just told her that she needed to get a life before hers just withers away." Kenji smirked, " look, she's already got a gray hair!" Ikuko's face fell. She immediately grabbed her purse and pulled out a mirror and examined her head. " Not on you head. Your chin!" Kenji laughed. Ikuko screamed and looked at her chin in the mirror.
" YOU LIAR!" Ikuko screamed at him. Hotaka sighed and rolled his eyes at his friends. " PRAY TO KAMI THAT YOU FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL BE STUPID ENOUGH TO MARRY THE LIKES OF YOU!" Ikuko screamed before grabbing her bag and running out of the café.
TWO WEEKS LATER
" So, can you two manage not to kill each other for four and a half years?" Hotaka asked before he turned to get on the plane. Hotaka was about to leave for college to get a bio-chemists degree.
" Don't count on it" Ikuko scoffed. Kenji surprisingly said nothing. He had other things on his mind. " it will be a miracle if he makes it through college himself." Kenji still said nothing.
" So, I guess I have to get on a plane now. Saint Francis University here I come!" Hotaka said. Ikuko started to cry. " hey there. No more crying. You've shed enough tears because of Kenji, don't start with me too." Ikuko couldn't help it. She jumped and hugged the fairly tall Hotaka.
" I will miss you Hanzo-san!" she cried!
" Ditto Tattori-san"
" take care of yourself man" Kenji shook his hand.
" be nice to Ikuko!" he replied.
" I will try!" they exchanged good bye's again and again before Hotaka finally boarded the plane. Ikuko and Kenji watched the plane take off. Ikuko started bawling. Surprisingly she found herself crying on Kenji shoulder. He was so happy. The girl of his dreams was crying on his shoulder for once instead of Hotaka's. " Ikuko?"
" wh-what!" she cried. Kenji built up his courage. His heart was beating a mile a minute.
" I- I-," he stammered. Ikuko looked up at him in confusion. Kenji felt like he was going to lose his sanity. " I-I love you!" Ikuko stared.
" what?"
" I love you. I've always loved you!" Kenji was waiting for her to shove his heart away.
" um.." she started. Kenji expected the worst. He was ready for another powerful glare but instead, she was smiling. " I love you too. Kenji-chan. I wanted to tell you but I was afraid of rejection!" Kenji smiled at her beautiful face. Her crystal blue eyes shimmering. He was thinking that he was the happiest man in the world. His thought was interrupted felt her lips touching his. He truly was the happiest man.
END OF FLASHBACK
" MOM! EARTH TO IKUKO!" Sam was waving his hand in front of her eyes.
" oh. Gomen. I was just day dreaming." Mrs. Tsukino replied snapping into reality.
" Hey mom, who would of thought that your son would ask your best friend's daughter to the Autumn Formal!"
" The Autumn Formal? Emma?"
" Yes he asked me. I said yes, end of story." Emma said hiding behind Sam. Sam was still afraid of her father.
" Emma, I think I should be hiding behind you!" sam whispered.
" SAMUEL!" a man's voice called.
" What dad?" Sam called back.
" what's this note?"
" Note?" Sam and Emma said at the same time. They ran to the front door to Mr. Tsukino. Sam took the note. He began to read it. He gasped and tried to hide the note from Emma.
" What does it say?" Emma asked as she tried to grab the note but sam struggled to keep it from her.
" It's nothing."
" then, let me see it" Emma said smiling sweetly. Sam still refused. He twisted as she fought for the piece of paper. Emma snuck behind him and snatched the paper.
" Emma, you really don't want to read that!" Sam said. Emma didn't listen. She opened the folded piece of paper.
Dear Sam,
I wish that you wouldn't go to the dance with little miss puff-ball. She really has a bad rep, you know. She was caught making out with Katsuro last week. I just don't want you to get your heart broken. . .
Emma's blood was boiling. Who would write this. She hadn't even lived in this country for a week. There is no way that she was or would ever make out with Katsuro! Emma didn't want to but she forced herself to read more.
. . . Emma is just going to ruin your year. Maybe, you should take someone else to the Autumn Formal. What I mean is that, I know you like Hanzo-san but, she is just trouble. I have told you before, but I do really like you. Tell me at school on Monday. And please don't show this to Emma.
Love, Sakura
Emma read the letter over and over again before Sam finally took the letter from her. Her
face had a mixture of anger and sadness. She hated Sakura! What did she have against her! Emma reluctantly let tears roll down her face. Sam wrapped his arms around her. Emma buried her face in his t-shirt. She sat there crying. Sam laid his head on hers. Then he noticed something very wrong. Emma's breathing sounded like it was squeaking. With each breath her breathing became more and more labored.
" Emma, what's wrong?" Sam asked. Emma couldn't talk. They stood there for about thirty seconds before her legs gave out. She crashed to the floor. Sam panicked. " Emma?" she didn't answer. She was conscious but she was definitely having a hard time breathing. Sam gathered her in his arms and ran into the living room. " MOM, DAD! MR.HANZO!" everyone stared. Mr. Hanzo looked at his daughter in the boy's arms. " what's wrong with her? She was fine but then she couldn't breath!" Sam yelled.
" Shit!" Mr. Hanzo yelled. " Put her on the couch." he instructed. Sam did so. Emma was laying there on the couch. Her chest felt like it was burning. Mr. Hanzo was running around. " Where is her purse?" he yelled. Sam shrugged. Then he remembered. She had it with her in the hallway.
" In the hallway." Sam said, " what is wrong with Emma?" Sam was about to run for her purse but Emma grabbed his hand. Even though she could not talk, Sam knew what she was saying in her mind.
Stay with me!
He could see in her eyes that she was scared. " Emma, what is wrong?" Mr. Hanzo came from the hallway. He had her purse in his hands. He unzipped it and dumped out its contents. In side there was lip gloss, hair ties, a brush, a manga, finally he found what he was looking for. A little grey canister with a metal tube in it.
" Hold her up," Mr. Hanzo said as he shook the canister. Sam pulled Emma up onto his lap and held her head up with his arm. Mr. Hanzo opened her mouth and pushed down on the top of the canister. They expected something to happen. They knew something was wrong when Mr. Hanzo grabbed his cell phone. Emma knew what was going on too. She was panicking. Her breath became more labored.
" Mom?" Sam asked. Mrs. Tsukino shrugged. Mr. Hanzo got off of his cell phone.
" Hotaka, does Emma have asthma?" Mr. Tsukino asked. Mr. Hanzo nodded.
" Sam, what happened before Emma stated wheezing?" Mr. Hanzo asked. Sam looked down at Emma. She was starting to close her eyes. " Emma, you need to stay awake, daddy's here."
" what's wheezing?" sam asked.
" When her breathing got all high and squeaky" Mrs. Tsukino filled in.
" Oh. She read a note from this girl from school. She started crying and then she collapsed."
" let me see the note," Mr. Hanzo held out his hand. Sam reached into his pocket and pulled out the crumpled piece of paper. Mr. Hanzo grabbed it and read it. By the time he finished the note there was a vein popping out on his forehead. " Dammit. She got stressed out. It triggered an attack!"
" attack?" Sam asked.
" Sam, she is having an asthma attack. It's a disease where her lungs get constricted and they make it hard for her to breath."
" What do we do?"
" Well, I called an ambulance. Her inhaler is out of medicine and we need to get her oxygen. " Mr. Hanzo said. Sam hugged Emma. He felt tears fall on his t-shirt. Her breathing was very constricted. " and since she doesn't have her medicine she's panicking and is making it worse."
" What do we do?" Sam asked.
" I'm going to trust you to carry her down to the lobby and wait for the ambulance. I need to call her mother." Mr. Hanzo said flipping open his cell phone again. " If I'm not down there by the time you go into the ambulance with her" Sam nodded and picked her up and ran to the elevator. He set her down on the floor of the car when they went down. Emma was shaking. She was so scared. She couldn't breath and she was getting light headed. She was starting to close her eyes again. Sam shook her a bit.
" Emma, don't fall asleep. Your dad said you need to stay awake." Sam said. He felt the elevator stop. He picked her up again. He ran out to the streets. It was windy and Emma's skirt was flying everywhere. He did get a glimpse of her underwear but he decided to blush about it later. Within seconds the ambulance arrived. The paramedics went to take her from him but he refused. They just shrugged and let him carry her into the back. He set her on the stretcher and sat down by her. The paramedics put a oxygen mask on her face.
" are you her brother?" one of the paramedics asked.
" No. I'm her boyfriend." Sam replied. He looked down. Emma was smiling. Tears were rolling down her face.
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A.N) Wow. I guess that wasn't such a long chapter. Believe me. Sam is gonna be kicking some Sakura ass in the next chapter. To make Emma more like me, I threw in my disease too. I am making her exactly like me! Please review!
