Chapter: 6 Disappearances?
Motoki woke up to the living room of his apartment to find Makoto in the kitchen making breakfast.
"I didn't know I had had anything in there to make breakfast with," he commented as he walked into the kitchen to peer over Makoto's shoulder.
"You didn't," Makoto laughed, "I ran out and got some stuff."
"You didn't have to do that."
"I know, but I was awake and you were still asleep and I figured why not?" Makoto replied as she flipped one of the pancakes.
"So I made a couple of different kinds," she offered, indicating the strawberries, blueberries, and chocolate chips on the counter.
"It all smells pretty good." Motoki said taking a strawberry.
Makoto's phone buzzed around the counter, Usagi's caller ID showing on the front.
"Good morning." Makoto answered.
"Hey! Are you still at Motoki-Nii's apartment?"
"Yea, I'm making breakfast right now. I'll leave soon though."
"Meet us at the Crown okay!"
"Okay. I'll see you soon."
"Bye Mako-chan!"
"I the new nickname you gave me is catching on," Makoto laughed as she placed the last pancake on a plate.
"Oh yea?"
"Which pancakes do you want?"
"I'll take the strawberry, I've never had strawberries in my pancakes before."
They ate in comfortable silence, chocolate chip and strawberry pancakes disappeared.
"I'm sorry if I was too nosy last night. I don't want to pressure you to say anything you don't want to," Motoki said quietly.
"It's alright, you were just trying to be kind."
"It was more than that. I was trying to show you that I care," Motoki said, "I'd like to think we've become friends and so I want to help, so if you ever decide you want to talk I'm available."
"Thanks Toki-kun," Makoto smiled.
"So what are your plans for today?" Motoki asked.
"Well Usagi-chan told me to meet at the Crown so other than that I'm not sure yet."
"Well I have to go to the Crown for work so we can leave together."
"I have to stop at my apartment first to get clean clothes so you should go ahead."
"Are you sure?" Motoki asked.
"Yea I'll be fine."
"Alright. See you later then."
"But first," Makoto said as she found a pen and a piece of paper, "Here's my cell phone number."
"Thanks Mako-chan," Motoki said.
"See you in a little while then."
Motoki walked into the Crown and walked over to where Mamoru was sitting at the counter.
"Hey," Motoki greeted him.
"So what happened to you and Makoto-chan yesterday?" Mamoru asked pretending he didn't know.
"Weird stuff happened on our way back. This lady was in trouble so Mako-chan ran in to help and she got hurt so I took her to my apartment since it was closer."
"Mako-chan?" Mamoru repeated with a raised brow.
"What?" Motoki asked defensively.
"And you said you took her back to your apartment. What time did she get home then?"
"She uh, left this morning..." Motoki said.
"How did that go?" Mamoru asked with an amused grin on his face.
"Its not like anything happened."
Mamoru chuckled and Motoki rolled his eyes in response.
"Motoki-Nii! Where is Mako-chan?!" Usagi demanded as she looked around.
"She said she needed to go home first."
"Oh, so what did you guys do last night?" She asked with a grin.
"Nothing!" Motoki huffed as he stretched his back.
"I found out how uncomfortable my couch is if that counts."
"So you slept on the couch?"
"Well yea, I wasn't going to make Mako-chan sleep on the couch, that would have been rude."
"Good morning Usagi-chan," Makoto said as she walked into the Crown. "Good morning!"
Ami and Rei arrived just after and the girls picked a table to sit at.
"So was anyone else watching the news this morning?" Ami asked with a sour look.
"No, did something happen?" Usagi asked.
"I heard reports of people missing. Apparently in the past few weeks there have been a lot of missing persons cases."
"That terrible! I wonder what's going on.." Rei frowned.
"What caught my attention is that all the cases were similar in nature and the witness reports sound really fishy." Ami continued.
"Fishy how?" Makoto questioned.
"The witness reports all said that the people who went missing walked into side alley, they all looked lifeless or possessed, and they all had a faint glow around them."
"That's mega creepy!" Usagi squeaked.
"You don't think it has anything to do with the Dark Moon Kingdom do you?" Makoto asked.
"It sounds like they might have something to do with it. It's a very unnatural situation so it wouldn't surprise me." Rei said.
"What are they going to do with those people?" Usagi asked.
"I think a better question is how do we stop them?" Makoto added.
"We can't know when or where they'll strike again so it's hard to say. The only thing I can think of is to patrol the city at night." Ami said with a frown.
"That might work. If we don't catch them we might at least scare them off and they won't hurt anyone else." Makoto added, trying to sound optimistic.
"Can the four of us really cover the whole city though...?" Rei asked, "There are plenty of holes for the Dark Moon Kingdom to slip through."
"We could get Tuxedo Mask to help us!" Usagi spoke up enthusiastically.
"Maybe. We have to at least try," Makoto said.
"So should we start tonight then?" Rei asked.
The four girls nodded with determination. "It's our job as soldiers of love and justice right?" Usagi grinned.
Sailor Jupiter rubbed her eyes as she tried to keep herself awake. "Anyone have something new?" she asked the other scouts over her communicator.
"Nothing," Sailor Mars answered first.
"Nothing new here," Sailor Mercury added.
"Nothing- wait, I saw something move!" Sailor Moon whispered.
"We'll be there soon, follow it Sailor Moon!" Sailor Mars ordered.
Shaking the sleep out of her head Sailor Jupiter set off anxiously in Sailor Moon's direction.
"Hey you! Stop right there!" Sailor Moon shouted as she chased the shadowy figure through the alley ways.
The the shadow stopped once it was out in the light of the open street. Sailor Moon followed and the rest of the scout's arrived behind her.
"Who are you?" Sailor Moon asked as they looked to see a girl with long blonde hair standing in the moonlight. The girl wore a orange and white outfit that was identical to the ones worn by the rest of the Sailor Scouts. Usagi also noticed the presence of a white cat sitting at the girls feet with a familiar crescent moon on his forehead.
"My name is Sailor Venus. It's a pleasure to meet you guys." The girl said with a smile.
"And this is my friend Artemis," she said gesturing to the cat.
"Hello Sailor Scouts," the cat replied.
Author's Note: And we finally have Sailor Venus! Yay team!. It's been some time since I've updated and I greatly apologize to my old and new readers. For those of you who have just gotten into my story I want to thank you for your time and I hope your enjoying the story so far! I'll get you guys a new chapter as soon as I can and thank you for your patience!