Chapter 6- Shock
After the Senshi transformed back to normal, they discussed the attack quickly. When did this happen? Why did the woman attack her own son? So many frustrating, unanswered questions.
As her fellow Senshi continued to converse about sending the boy and his mother to the hospital, Ami checked the time on her cell phone.
"Ah, NO!"
"What's wrong, Ami-chan?" Usagi turned.
"I'M LATE!"
Her friends gasped as they watched Ami lose it, which wasn't in her nature at all.
"No! No, no, no, no! We... We have to get to the coffee shop!" She paced from side to side, thinking and biting her lip.
"Hey, calm down, Ami-chan," Mako said soothingly. "I'm sure Urawa-kun will understand. Maybe he's still there."
Ami turned to her friend. "Yes... you're right. But, I still have to get down there!"
With that, Ami took off after saying goodbye to her friends.
When she got there, Ami scanned the shop. Urawa-kun was nowhere to be found. She sighed.
Ami flipped open her cell and peered at the screen. "No! He tried to call me!" She quickly dialed his phone number.
Hello, Ryo Urawa here. Sorry I missed your call. Please leave a message! Chime.
Ami left a message, apologizing over and over for being late. She said that she'll explain why, if they met again. She sincerely hoped that they would.
Discouraged, Ami walked back to Usagi's, and gave Minako her outfit back. Her friends hugged her before she drove home.
Ami entered her apartment and collapsed onto her bed. Tears slid down her face onto her pillow.
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Yumi let Ryo go home after devouring his lips once more.
"Bye, Ryo-chan," she whispered.
Ryo grinned and turned for the door, but then grabbed her wrist and pulled her into a tight embrace, kissing her nose over and over.
Yumi giggled and tried to get him to leave again. She teasingly punched him, which was an excuse for Ryo to grab her hand and kiss her palm.
"Really, bye!" His girlfriend rubbed his back and playfully pushed him out.
Ryo stared at the door when it closed. He was so... infatuated with his girlfriend. Then... he wondered how long they had been going out...
"Ah well. She's mine and all mine." Ryo walked down the street with a new spring in his step.
His cell phone chimed, and he checked his voicemail. Someone's phone number that he didn't recognize appeared on the small screen.
"Who's Mizuno?" he wondered. Then he put a hand on his forehead.
"Uhnn... Well, whoever it is, they better not call again or I'll... hurt them."
He wondered where his car was. He searched and found it in the parking lot of a Dunkin Donuts.
"What's it doing here? Ah well." He climbed in and drove to his apartment.
When he got home, he called his mother and had a great conversation with her about how he was doing much better.
"I have a girlfriend!"
"Really?" Erika replied, ecstatic. "So, how's Mizuno-san?"
"...Mizuno-san?"
Ryo's mother's voice sounded concerned. "Sunshine, it's not Mizuno-san?"
"...No, I've never heard of her..."
Erika gasped. "Is something wrong?"
"Everything's fine! Don't worry. I'll talk to you soon, Mother."
"O-Okay..."
Ryo hung up. He stepped over to the bathroom, which was through the kitchen. He walked by the refrigerator and noticed something. A newspaper clipping was attached to the fridge by an "R"-shaped magnet.
"The Tokyo Police Department? Why do I have that?" He took the clipping down and threw it away.
When he got to the bathroom, he looked into the mirror. His t-shirt was terribly wrinkled, his hair looked like a lawnmower attacked it, and his lips were a blotchy red due to Yumi's lipstick. It was cherry... He licked his lips.
He freshened up and changed into fresh clothes to sleep in. He flicked on the television to play his GameCube, but something caught his attention. News of a mysterious phenomenon.
That's right! Ryo thought, determined. We've still got work to do!
Then he realized- he worked with Yumi! He smiled. Another excuse to be together with her. But, he did have to be serious. But still. He blushed when he thought of Yumi and himself alone together in his office. He shook himself.
Ryo's cell phone rang, and he picked it up.
"Who is this Mizuno person?" he said irritably. He felt anger bubble up inside him...
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Galaxia walked to the bathroom in her apartment and peered into her mirror. Her violet hair was a mess, her makeup was smeared, her lips were still swollen, and her ears had marks on them due to Urawa's sucking. He had kissed her neck as well- red marks adorned her neck.
Galaxia wiped her mouth. "Disgusting."
She had planned to weaken Urawa by kissing him, but... that was pretty intense kissing. She had never kissed anyone, having been alone all her life. It was... kinda...
"Hmph," she said scornfully. She left the bathroom and entered the Memory Room, her disguise dissolving.
By now, it was a beautiful collection. The room glowed with a pristine rainbow of colors.
She walked to Urawa's pillar and tapped the orb. At once a "movie reel" streamed out and she watched it. She had been successful- she had taken Urawa's first memory of Sailor Mercury- when he had admired the ‘Girl Genius.' Next was to be his first encounter with her.
"Heh, now to attack her, and when Urawa does, that Senshi's memories are mine."
She felt her mouth- still swollen. She sniffed her transparent hands. They smelled like... man. Parts of her body still had sweat where she had been glued to his body.
She was disgusted, but...
"Hmph."
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On Monday, Ami woke up with a sigh. Work today. And she was pretty sure she was going to work with Urawa-kun and Leiko-san. She didn't know if she could face him.
At least she and the Senshi knew what the crisis was. She told the Outer Senshi, Chibi Usa, Luna, Artemis, and Diana...
--x--
"What?" Haruka cried, jumping up from her chair at the Control Room in the Crown Arcade.
Ami nodded grimly.
"...Memory?" Setsuna said, but more calmly.
Hotaru gasped, as did Chibi Usa.
Michiru shook her aquamarine head. "That's terrible."
Diana, in her human form, like her parents, cocked her head. "Do you have any clue as to who's doing this?"
"Unfortunately, no," Rei said bitterly.
Usagi's eyes grew bright. "That poor boy... His mother doesn't even recognize him..."
Luna placed a slender hand on Usagi's shoulder and let the Princess lean against her. "It'll be okay, Usagi-chan."
Usagi sniffed, but told her friends that she'd be all right. "I'll let Mamo-chan know about what we found out as well," she said.
"They won't get away with this," Haruka growled. "Michiru, Hotaru, Setsuna, and I will stay in the Control Room and investigate further with our Guardian Senshi."
Michiru, Hotaru, and Setsuna nodded.
Ami watched her friends. They looked so somber. They were getting nowhere.
--x--
Ami got to work and Chief Kana gave her the task of working with detectives again. She sighed, and climbed into her cruiser.
She arrived at the crime scene she had investigated earlier with Urawa-kun and Leiko-san. They were already there with their backs turned. Ami gulped and stepped over to them.
"Uhm, hi, you guys. So, what should we do fir-"
Urawa-kun and Leiko-san were kissing desperately, oblivious to the world. Urawa-kun had his hands on Leiko-san's hips, and Leiko-san's arms were wrapped around Urawa-kun's neck. Their bodies were glued together; it looked like they were going to topple onto the grass to kiss even more deeply. Urawa-kun moaned as he kissed her passionately. Leiko-san had her eyes closed, and her leg lifted.
Leiko-san stopped kissing Urawa-kun and turned. "Why, hello, Mizuno-san. Is something wrong?" She smiled sweetly.
Ami's eyes had widened and she blushed spectacularly. She could not move. She could not breathe. She thought her blue-black eyes deceived her.
Urawa-kun looked up. "So, you're Mizuno," he said. "Nice to meet you, I guess... Or have I met you before?"
Ami clutched her police uniform's shirt and started to tremble. She felt sick.
Leiko-san turned and kissed Urawa-kun briefly on the ear. Urawa-kun chuckled and cupped her chin, about to kiss her again, but she stopped him.
"Oh, Ryo-chan, stop it! We're working!" she giggled.
Ryo-chan? Ami blanched. Her hands shaking, she pulled out her notes on the case, and tried to speak. No sound came out. Her throat had tightened.
Leiko-san raised an eyebrow when Ami let out a dry sob. She smirked.
"You can tell us what's wrong, Mizuno-san." Urawa-kun now had his arms wrapped around Leiko-san's waist behind her, nuzzling her neck. She ran her hands on his arms, blushing.
Ami backed up against her cruiser, now shaking uncontrollably.
Urawa-kun looked up. "What? Are you sick or something?"
Ami wrenched open the door to the cruiser and rushed inside.
"Where're you going?" Leiko-san called, though she did not try to stop Ami. The smirk was still on her face.
The siren wailed as Ami backed up quickly and sped away. She still shook, but her voice came back. Loud sobs issued from her throat and hot tears fell in torrents onto her lap. She had no idea why she had put her siren on, but she wanted to get as far away from that park as possible.
Ami pulled to the side of the road and parked, finally turning the siren off. She cried harder.
When did this happen? she screamed in her head. When!
What happened to the sweet, slightly shy Urawa-kun?
She spent a long time alone in the cruiser, crying, trembling, and her heart pounding at what she saw. Then, she finally started the cruiser and drove back to the TPD, to most likely be very sternly spoken to by Chief Kana.
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"Eh? Why did Mizuno leave?" Ryo asked his girlfriend, puzzled.
"Beats me," Yumi replied with a shrug. "We'd better get to work."
"Nah, forget work for a bit- we've been working too hard lately."
"Ryo-chan..."
Ryo grinned and pushed her on the grass gently, loosening his tie. She unbuttoned her lavender blouse a bit, and...
"Ewww, Mama, look!" a little girl squealed, pointing. "They're kissing!"
The girl's mother shook her head at Ryo and Yumi. "No decency, this younger generation..."
Ryo and Yumi didn't hear them. They were too busy going for each other.
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After Sailor Mercury left, Galaxia felt a surge of triumph. The next item on her agenda was to erase Urawa's memory of Sailor Mercury completely, make him attack her, and then, systematically take away all of this solar system's Senshi's memories of being Senshi.
I always get what I want, Galaxia thought. Star Seeds, planets... I will take away their names, lives, everything. Everything.
She snapped out of her thoughts when Urawa whispered in her ear, "God, I want you so badly..."
Galaxia blushed, the first time she ever genuinely blushed in a long time. He wants... me? she thought. She had never heard that before from any living creature, especially humans.
Then she thought, Cheh. He's just saying that because he doesn't remember Sailor Mercury. He doesn't have any interest in "Yumi" at all.
That thought stung a bit. Wait, what? What am I doing? Urawa is just a pawn, a worthless portion in my plan.
But still...
Galaxia's heart beat fast, and she said, "You. Me. Your bed. I told you that I can show you wonderful things. Just one condition."
"Yes?"
Galaxia smiled, a true smile. "Never let me go."
With that, they forgot all about work. Urawa and she ran off, hand in hand.
For some reason, Galaxia felt light and airy as she ran. She glanced at Urawa. The wind teased his brown hair, and his shining eyes... They were as dark as Galaxia's fake jet-black eyes.
Galaxia shook herself. What was wrong with her?
Urawa's apartment was a ways away, but to them is seemed like two steps away. They rushed through the main door and into the elevator. Kissing, they rode it to the tenth floor. Still kissing, Urawa scooped her up under her legs, clumsily pulled out his keys, and opened his apartment door.
Before the door even closed, they hurriedly began to strip. Urawa slammed Galaxia against the wall and kissed her ferociously, his hands sliding off her blouse. Galaxia gasped with pleasure when he ran his finger down her spine.
...With pleasure? Galaxia frowned, though Urawa didn't see due to his kissing her shoulder.
They reached Urawa's bedroom door, still kissing. They clumsily entered.
Galaxia's back rammed onto the cloud-like mattress and arched. Urawa pounced on top of her like an animal. They tangled together on the bed, the sheets curling around them. Galaxia was in her undergarments- she had chosen to wear very revealing lingerie to make Urawa blind with lust.
Urawa gently eased open her lips with his tongue and tasted her, rolling his tongue in her mouth in a steady rhythm. This was an odd sensation to Galaxia. However, she grew used to it, and slid her tongue to meet his. Their tongues danced together, and their owners enjoyed it. The kiss tasted sweet, like sugar.
...Enjoyed it? Sweet?
Once again, Urawa said, "I need you. I want you, Yumi."
Galaxia felt airy again. It clouded her judgment, but she didn't care anymore. For the first time in her life, she wanted something other than power.
His hands swiftly found her white-lace thong, and her hands grabbed the elastic of his boxers. It was time to make love.
