Disclaimer: Sailor Moon and all its components is the property of Naoko Takeuchi. Apollo is my own creation, and if you wish to use her, please ask me first.

DAYBREAK

Episode 13

"Haruka Tenoh." No answer. "Haruka Tenoh! Now, where is he?!"

"Um, Haruka's going to be late," replied a small voice. The teacher looked down to see Michiru sinking into her seat.

"Why?"

"Well, you see, Haruka's in the hospital…"

"What?!"

"…visiting a hurt friend."

"Oh. I thought that he had been the one hurt."

"The way she's acting, you'd think she was…" Michiru muttered under her breath.

"What was that?"

"Nothing." Suddenly, the door burst open and Haruka rushed in.

"What'd I miss?!"

"Just a conversation between Michiru and myself as to your whereabouts," answered the teacher.

"Oh. Well, I'm very sorry I'm late. Traffic in this city is hell…"

"Haruka!" the teacher scolded.

"Sorry." The rest of the class laughed. Haruka noticed that Michiru wasn't laughing. Haruka sunk into her seat and bowed her head. "Great…just what I need…"

"Michiru! Over here!" Haruka waved her hand to get Michiru's attention. Michiru slowly walked over to the table and sat down. She began eating in silence. Haruka watched intently, waiting for Michiru to say something. Finally, she couldn't take it anymore. "What's wrong?"

"What's wrong?! You dare ask me what's wrong?!" Michiru was yelling as quietly as she could. Still, Usagi overheard Michiru's yelling. She saw the girl's angry face and walked over to the table.

"Um, Michiru, could you help me with this one problem?" Michiru looked up at Usagi and nodded her head. She got up and walked over to Usagi. The two started walking away. All of a sudden, Michiru turned around.

"After school…" she said in an angry tone. Haruka gulped as she watched the two girls walk away.

After the last bell, Haruka was waiting for Michiru on her motorcycle. He watched kids running in and out of the school…but no Michiru.

"Haruka!" Haruka looked to her left to see Usagi running towards her.

"Yeah?" Haruka couldn't understand why Usagi wasn't walking with her friends. Usagi finally made it over to Haruka and stopped. She took a moment to catch her breath and then started to speak.

"Haruka, Michiru went home."

"What?!"

"She said she wanted to walk home today so she took the trail behind the school to get home." Usagi stopped talking and looked up. Haruka had turned on her motorcycle and put on her helmet. She revved the engine and drove away.

"Thanks, Usagi!" she yelled back.

"You're welcome!" Usagi watched Haruka drive off and ran back to her Ami, Makoto, and Minako, who had met up with Rei.

"What was that all about?" asked Makoto.

"I was just delivering a message from Michiru to Haruka."

"Oh, so you're just the messenger?" Rei questioned, with a look of suspicion in her eyes.

"What do you mean?!"

"Nothing." Rei kept walking, but Usagi wanted to know what Rei had meant.

"Tell me!" she screamed.

"OW! My ear!" Rei covered her ear and Makoto laughed.

"Oh, come on Usagi, we know what you did yesterday." Mina had decided to confront Usagi.

"What are you talking about?"

"We saw you driving around with Haruka, Usagi." Makoto had a look of seriousness on her face.

"Oh! Is that it? Haruka was just driving me back from…OW!" Ami, who had been reading a book silently, kicked Usagi. "Why'd ya kick me, Ami?" Ami gave Usagi a look that indicated to Usagi that she shouldn't say anything about Kurai.

"From what?" Rei was curious as to what Usagi had been doing driving around with Haruka.

"Um…from…"

"The hospital," Ami finally ended. Usagi glared at Ami, but the girl pretended not to notice.

"What were you doing at the hospital?" Minako asked Usagi.

"She was visiting me…Haruka was there having a blood test done. Usagi wanted to leave before it was time for my mother and me to, so Haruka kindly drove her home."

"Is that true, Usagi?" Minako was doubting Ami, even if she had always been truthful in the past.

"Yes." Usagi was marveling at how fast Ami had come up with such a credible story. The friends kept walking until Usagi looked at her watch. "Oh, no! I forgot! I have to be home early to baby-sit Sammy and Chibiusa!" Usagi ran off towards her house, leaving the remainder four girls to watch her go. Usagi looked back and saw that they were out of sight. "Little do they know I don't have to baby-sit…" Usagi took a turn and headed in the direction of the hospital…