7
Everyone gasped at the unexpected revelation, and Hikari looked at the young handsome man, who was now kneeling right next to her, and smiling warmly at her.
"Kunz, this is my daughter, Hikari" Haruka said, smiling at the little blonde girl.
"Hi, there, Hikari" he softly said to the girl.
"Hi" she said back, now acting somehow shyly. But then the girl turned to her mother, and frowned, looking at her red, crying eyes. She reached up a hand, softly caressing her mother's wet cheek, wiping away her tears "Why are you sad, mom?" she asked.
Haruka chuckled "I'm not sad, princess" she answered, taking the girl's hand in hers and kissing it "I'm really, really happy"
"Then why are you crying?" she asked again, not really understanding.
"Because I haven't seen him in a really long time" the tall blonde woman answered again.
Hikari nodded her head, and then looked at the silvery haired man. He was crying too, so she reached up a little hand to his cheek "Are you happy too?" she asked.
Kunzite laughed warmly at her, and nodded his head "Yes, I'm very happy"
"Do you want me to play the piano for you?" Hikari asked him, a big happy smile on her face "I'll make you smile, promise!" she exclaimed, taking his big hand in hers.
"Princess..." Haruka started to say, but Kunzite just smiled at her, and then at the little girl.
"I'd love to hear you play" he said, standing up and letting the little girl dragged him inside the house.
Haruka followed them with her eyes, still too surprised to move at all. Makoto came next to her, looking at her with a surprised, questioning expression on her pretty face. And the tall blonde woman was about to explain, when a voice called out to them.
"Hi, my name is Nephrite Hoshi" the brown haired man said, reaching out to shake his hand with the blonde woman "I'm Kunzite's partner"
Haruka blinked, but then remembered the phone call from the police station receptionist, telling her that two police officers from out of town were looking for her.
"Yes, of course, I'm sorry" she said, shaking his hand and wiping her tears with the other "I'm Haruka, and this is Makoto" she introduced the tall brunette girl.
"It's ok, I understand" he said, smiling at her "It's a pleasure to meet you both"
"Lets get inside, shall we?" Makoto said, guiding the way.
They all got inside, and after all the introductions were made, they went into the still in progress living room. They could hear the sound of the piano coming from the other room, and Makoto excused herself to go and make some tea for all of them.
"You all live up here?" Nephrite asked, taking a seat on the couch and looking up at the tall blonde woman.
"Yes. No" she shook her head "Setsuna is just working here with me, she lives down town. And Minako and Michiru are our guests" she explained.
Nephrite looked at the dark green haired woman, and then at the other two, the three of them standing on the hallway, looking at the other room, where he guessed was the piano, and the little girl with Kunzite.
"Too many people" the long brown haired man murmured.
Haruka frowned at him, and was about to ask what he was talking about, when Makoto came in with a tray and the tea at the same moment that Hikari dragged Kunzite back into the living room, the two of them followed by a smiling Hotaru, and three curious women.
"Ok, here's the tea" the brunette said, handing the cups to the men sitting across from her. And then she turned to the racer woman, frowning "Can you explain to me why on earth you never told me you have a brother?" she asked.
"Twin brother, actually" Haruka said, smiling at her.
"What?" the brunette exclaimed, eyes wide open "And why the hell didn't you tell me this before?"
"Makoto!" Setsuna scolded her "Your language!" she said, looking at the giggling little girls standing there.
The brunette had the grace to blush, and Minako smiled at her, taking the young little girls by their hands, "Ok, girls, lets go play outside and leave the boring grown ups to talk for a while, ok?" she said to them.
Haruka smiled thankfully at her, and nodded her head towards the dark green haired woman and the aquamarine haired one, as they all got the girls outside to give them some privacy.
Makoto, apparently, didn't want to leave at all, so she simple took a sit on the couch next the the tall blonde woman, smiling warmly at the men.
"Ok" she said "I'm listening"
The silvery haired man smiled at her, but then he looked at his long lost sister "She looks exactly like you, you know?" he said "Why didn't you tell me? I had no idea..."
"It's a really long story..." she answered, rubbing her neck.
"Well, I'm not going anywhere, so start talking" he said "Is that why you left?"
"How did you find me, anyway?" Haruka asked, not answering his question.
Nephrite handed her what it looked like a pretty big file, and a sport magazine with a marked page. She opened the magazine, and found her very own picture along with a small reference on her last car race and her general profile. Or as much of a profile she gave the media, anyway. She nodded her head, and then opened the file. And her eyes went wide open, her face turning white.
"What is this?" she asked, looking up at her brother.
"Exactly what it looks like" Nephrite answered "That man is dangerous, and he's out and running free. And right now, he's after you"
"What?" Haruka asked, frowning "Why me?"
"Come on, Haru" Kunzite said "You're quite famous now. Did you really think that no one would recognized you if you simply changed your last name and cut your hair off?"
"It worked this far" she mumbled, still looking at the file in her hands.
The sound of childish laughter reached their ears, and Kunzite turned his head, looking out the window. A blonde little girl was running around, chasing down a beautiful, laughing aquamarine haired woman.
He let out a sigh "She's his, isn't she?"
"She's mine" Haruka answered, looking right into her brother's teal eyes.
"This guy's Hikari's father?" Makoto asked, now looking at the file herself.
"No" Haruka said, now standing up "She's my daughter. Don't you dare saying otherwise" she said, deadly serious, still looking at her brother.
Nephrite stood up too, looking at the tall, and now somehow angry blonde woman in front of him "Look, I don't know all the little details here" he started to say "But I do know that that man has been convicted for armed robbery and kidnap, and he's a violent, dangerous man. And right now, you are his new little obsession, so that means you're in danger here"
"I'm not scared of him" Haruka said, looking at the tall brown haired man.
"Look, Mrs. Tenoh..." Nephrite started to say.
"Miss" Haruka corrected him, her nose up in the air in a proud manner "I'm not married"
"Miss Tenoh" he corrected himself "You're living all the way up here, alone with three other women, and you have two little girls to look after..."
"I appreciate your effort" Haruka interrupted him "Really, I do. But he hasn't come up here, and I really don't think he would. If he does, then I'll let you know. Meanwhile, I'm not going anywhere"
"Haruka, I think they're serious about this..." Makoto commented.
"Oh, please!" the tall blonde woman exclaimed "I haven't seen that asshole in six years! Why would he come after me after all this time?"
"Because you have something he wants" Kunzite answered her.