Killings

Killings: Gangway!
Sailormoon (Haruka) fanfiction
immo
rating: R

And I've started a new chapter!!! Finally! And only because of the reviews
all y'all send me ;) Nice. Its been a long time since I updated this. Its so
so so late, but I'm trying... I love you guys!

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Discussion was out of the question, as Slobodianik declared an all-out war
on Bungario. Hotaru, regaining her voice after a few days, named Bungario as
the man who was in charge of kidnapping her. Not only that, but he had been
extremely loose with his tongue in front of the young girl since he thought
she would never see anyone alive again who would take an interest into what
she'd heard.
Just that, connected Bungario with Carl and Sergei. And Slobodianik was in
a rage.
"Hey, Hotaru, look what I got you." Haruka held out a small ladybug lamp.
It was cute and weird. Exactly what Hotaru liked, as she squealed with joy,
taking up the present.
"Arigato, Haruka-papa!" The girl had ran at Haruka, nearly bowling the
blonde woman over. Obviously incredibly glad at seeing her 'papa'.
"Yeah, *Haruka-papa*." Rei rolled her eyes at the woman. Despite the war
that was going on, Haruka had opted to keep living outside of Slobodianik's
house. Sacha had accomodated Haruka fabulously. There were guards around her
building 24/7. And Hotaru was living with Haruka.
The girl had become firmly attached to Haruka after Haruka had saved her,
and the blonde hadn't wanted to run the kid off to an orphanage.
She had killed Hotaru's father on Slobodianik's order, afterall. She felt
responsible.
"Shut up, Rei."
Hotaru had also taken to calling Haruka, 'Haruka-papa'. Which was weird,
and SO wrong on so many different levels. Not only that, but after she had
been coerced into telling what she'd heard several times, she had clammed
up, clung to Haruka even tighter and refused to speak of what had happened
when she was kidnapped. Afterwards, she had completely blocked out the
unpleasant ordeal. It was like she was a blank slate. She did not remember
having a father besides Haruka, did not remember that she had been
kidnapped, did not remember...
The doctors had taken a look at the small girl. There were fading bruises
on her body, and it looked like Seiya, Yaten and Taiki had taken care of any
outer hurts but... well...
'How could they do that to a child?!' Haruka thought angrily. Hotaru had
been watching the changing emotions on Haruka's face, and placed a small
hand on the side of Haruka's face.
"Papa, don't be sad." Hotaru smiled sweetly.
Seiya had contacted her a week after the incident. When asked about
Hotaru's injuries, he vehemently denied doing anything to her.
"We delivered her to Bungario, and then he gave her back to us."
"And you believe her?" Rei sipped her tea. Mr Tsukino had insisted that Rei
take at least a week off, and Rei had opted to stay at Haruka's place, just
lounging around and hanging out with Haruka. In general, being a nuisance to
the blonde. But Rei got along with Hotaru really well, so Haruka had let it
slide. Plus, it gave Rei some much needed time away from Usagi.
Of course, Rei only agreed to take the vacation after she knew Usagi was
under heavier guard than Fort Knox.
"Seiya won't lie to me." Haruka had said. She didn't trust a lot of people,
but Seiya and her sisters were honorable. And what had happened to Hotaru,
the evidence said that only a man could have done. It was best that Hotaru
forgot what had happened to her. And Haruka dreaded the day that the young
girl would remember...
"Hotaru, honey, what have you been doing today?" Haruka picked up the young
girl and twirled her around, smiling at the happy laugh that came out of the
dark-eyed girl.
"Rei and I went to the park and went for icecream!" Hotaru chattered
excitedly. "And then, she took me to the beach, and we went swimming and
everything!"
"Oh," Haruka leered at Rei evilly. "Rei honey, did you wear that swimsuit I
bought you?"
"Shut up, Haruka."
"She did!" Hotaru cooed. "Rei looked soooo pretty!"
"All the guys and girls wanted to get to know her better, hm?" Haruka
wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.
"ALL THE GIRLS AND BOYS!" Hotaru wiggled her eyebrows, doing a rather
impressive impression of Haruka and giggling hysterically afterwards. Rei
couldn't help but laugh. Though Haruka told Rei she hated it, Rei knew
inwardly Haruka was delighted when people found the 'father' and daughter
unbearably cute.
"So, talking about girls and boys," Rei drawled. "What's going on with our
lovely Ms. Kaioh?"
"We're done." Haruka shrugged, putting Hotaru down so she could put away
her ladybug lamp. "I've gotten what I want out of her. She's the enemy. She
should know that now."
"But you like her."
"Rumours are, you're my live-in lover." Haruka shot back wryly, ignoring
that very uncomfortably utterance from the miko.
Rei blushed. There were rumours going around. Rei WAS staying with Haruka,
and these rumours were inevitable. They have grown close. But that line
between friends and lovers had never been crossed.
"Rumours suck." Rei said heatedly.
"You're a cutie." Haruka winked flirtatiously. "I wonder why we didn't make
that rumour a fact..."
"No!" Rei shook her head vehemently. "Just don't go there."
"You need to get over Usagi."
"You need to stop avoiding Michiru."
Haruka shrugged again, acting as if it didn't bother her. But Haruka was
easy for the miko to read. Haruka was moody whenever Hotaru wasn't around to
mellow her out. She listened to sad songs with a 'look' on her face. Rei was
well acquainted with the 'look'. Rei made that face often whenever she was
thinking about Usagi.
Thankfully for Haruka, the doorbell rung.
"I'll get it!" glad for the interruption, Haruka ran off. When she opened
the door, though, she was not so happy.
"Haruka." Murderous eyes looked at her.
The blonde supressed a shudder. "Yaten."
"Get in the apartment, quick!" Taiki hissed, pushing his brother in,
followed quickly by Seiya.
"What the hell are they doing here?!" Rei hissed, picking up a chair.
"I could say the same for you!" Yaten looked at the brunette furiously.
"What the bloody hell are you doing at Haruka's place?!"
"Girls--"
"I'm going to kill you, Haruka--"
"Haruka-papa?" At the commotion, the young girl had come out to take a look
at the guests. "Who are these people?"
Yaten stared blankly at the girl, and Haruka, who had been holding the door
open, closed it abruptly. "Not one word."
"What are they doing here?" Rei snapped. If it weren't for Hotaru's
presence in the room, the miko would have pulled out her guns.
"I could ask the same question," Yaten glared at Haruka and poked a finger
in her chest. "What is *SHE* doing here?!"
"Haruka-papa," Hotaru looked, wide-eyed from the angry Yaten to her papa.
"I'm scared."
"Shh, honey." Haruka's quick stride took her to Hotaru's side and
immediately, the girl clutched the blonde's hands. "They're... old friends."
"Rei, was it?" Seiya smiled easily at Rei, while the violet-eyed girl
continued glaring at the three 'men'-for-hire. "Hey."
"I repeat: what are they doing here?" Rei asked slowly.
"That, I can answer." Taiki cleared his throat. "Right now, we're not on
good standings with Bungario's side. And we're also not on good standing
with Slobodianik, either. So... we're hiding."
"Hiding?" Haruka raised an eyebrow. "Why here?"
"The most dangerous place is also the safest place." Seiya took off her
shoes and strolled into the living room area. "And this place looks big
enough to house everybody."
Yaten, meanwhile, had moved beside Haruka. Blushing, she reached out
quickly and grabbed the sleeve of Haruka's shirt, then rested her head
against the blonde's arm.
"You owe me a date."
"Ho boy."

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"Can you get me some chips and dips too, Hino-san?" Seiya asked hopefully.
It had been a couple of days since The three sisters had moved in, and they
were settling in quite nicely. Haruka's apartment was big, and she suddenly
discovered she had extra rooms that she had never ever thought of
furnishing. So for the time being, Taiki and Haruka had gone out to buy new
mattresses and think of a way to sneak it in without anybody noticing; while
Yaten, Seiya and
Rei watched Hotaru at home.
Well, Rei was leaving to get snacks with Hotaru. Yaten and Seiya would stay
at home.
"What kind?" Rei sighed. After a long heated discussion with Haruka, Rei
had grudgingly allowed the three Usagi-hostage keepers to stay. Out of
respect for Haruka and in light of the kidnappers letting Hotaru survive and
letting Usagi go.
"You suck." Rei had whined when Haruka had put her foot down, but she
respected the blonde's decisions. Haruka was dependable and she made good
decisions. If anybody asked Rei, she would deny that she trusted the
assassin, but deep down, she did. She even considered Slobodianik's left
hand a friend.
"Actually, more like those soft pita triangles?" Seiya said
enthusiastically, leaning over the sofa. "I'm sure the grocery store has it.
Those pita triangles and maybe some spinach dip? And, oh, maybe a block of
good cheese? Mozerella, cheddar or something?"
Rei cursed Haruka silently.
"I'm bored..." Yaten was sprawled on the sofa. Seiya was nice enough to ask
Rei politely for things. Yaten, on the other hand, treated Rei like a
glorified servant. "Rei, rent a video."
Rei ground her teeth in anguish.

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"How about this one?" Haruka sat down on the mattress and bounced on it.
Taiki sat down beside her and bounced experimentally too.
"Yaten might like this one," Taiki said thoughtfully. Taiki had let her
hair down and was in female clothes. She had a permanent grimace on her face
because of that, hating the fact that she was in a haltertop and booty
shorts. Haruka had been sent out to get a disguise for the tall Taiki, and
she had settled on the most revealing outfit she could find. Yaten's sense
of humour appreciated Haruka's disguise and helped the blonde primp her
sister up. Yaten, Taiki and Seiya were not a bad looking bunch. Without her
hair tied back in a tight ponytail, Taiki was stunning.
'All in all, not bad.' Haruka stared at Taiki, smirking. 'Not bad at all.'
"--listening to me?! Haruka!" Taiki punched Haruka.
"Ow, shit! That hurt!" Haruka punched Taiki back.
"You were looking at my boobs!" Taiki accused shrilly. "You were looking at
my boobs!"
"Was not--ow!" Haruka couldn't dodge the punch Taiki had launched at her.
"I was---stop it!--looking at your ass!"
Taiki pounced on her and the saleslady that had been following them around
cleared her throat loudly, but blushed and turned away when Haruka paused to
wink at her.
"Tenoh Haruka!" The two women on the bed froze when a high feminine voice
interrupted their rough-housing. Haruka looked up sheepishly into the eyes
of an enraged Minako.
"Mina-chan--"
Her words were stopped by a slap across her face.
"Don't 'Mina-chan' me!" Minako shook her fist at Haruka.
"Haruka!" Taiki had wrapped an arm around Haruka's shoulders, and was
glaring at Minako with death in her eyes. Taiki, Yaten and Seiya were all
very different, not one alike in personality or likes and dislikes. But the
three had one thing in common: they all respected Haruka on varying levels.
And someone slapping Haruka was like slapping them.
"Haruka has a girlfriend, you know!" Minako rounded on Taiki. "You
shouldn't be getting involved with people who are inavailable!"
'Inavailable?' Taiki frowned. That wasn't even a word. How dare this woman
come out of nowhere and slap Haruka! How dare--wait a second.
"You," Taiki glared at Haruka accusingly. "You're unavailable? Are you
dating this strumpet?" Minako squawked at the 'strumpet' comment, but Taiki
ignored her. "You said you were taking my sister out tomorrow!"
Minako's eyes bugged out of her head. "What kind of sick threeway shit is
this?!"
Haruka, tonguing her cheek gingerly, didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Everybody in the furniture store was staring at the three of them.
"Look, Minako-chan, we were just buying a mattress for my place for her and
her sisters--"
Wrong thing to say. Minako screamed again and started smacking Haruka with
her handbag.
"That's it!" Taiki leapt at Minako, and the two toppled to the floor,
locked in a vicious catfight.

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"So that's the situation?" Minako looked mortified as she stirred her iced
coffee. A beauty of a black eye decorated Minako's face. Taiki didn't fair
any better, as she held a bag of ice against a large lump on her forehead.
Haruka, in trying to seperate the fighting women, amassed a collection of
bite marks and scratches on her arms.
"I hate you two." Haruka smiled. "Did I tell you that? Both of you."
Minako managed a blush while Taiki scowled at the boyish blonde.
"Okay, if you weren't such a dog, things like this wouldn't happen." Taiki
sipped at her tea and held up a hand to stop any protests from Haruka. "No,
don't you even try to deny it. If I could, I would get you spayed."
"Teesha, was it?" Minako looked at Taiki tentatively. Haruka and Taiki had
both agreed that using fake names would be best. It wouldn't do if Minako
told Michiru and Michiru accidentally leaked to Bungario that a woman with
the same name as the assassins who had disappeared on him were living with
Haruka. That was too big of a coincidence for anybody not to follow.
"I am so sorry," Minako said, for the thousandth time.
"Its fine," Taiki waved the apology away.
"By the way," Haruka tried to sound casual, "How is Michiru?"
"Why don't you call her and ask?" Minako stared at Haruka curiously.
"Okay, you know her family and mine don't get along at all. And right now,
its getting violent." Haruka lowered her voice. Minako, though she was a
ditz, wasn't stupid. She knew what Michiru's family did and knew that Haruka
was in the same business.
"Love, ya know?" Minako shrugged. "Makes people do impossible things. Think
of Romeo and Juliet."
"They weren't in love," Taiki interrupted.
"Were too!"
"Okay, guys, stop." Taiki and Minako hung their heads, chastised. They sat
in silence. Haruka contemplated everything that had happened, was happening.
It was a bad idea to keep seeing Michiru. And she had gotten what she wanted
out of that relationship. She had gotten the information that she needed to
find Usagi. The aqua-tressed woman's laughter rung in her head, as she
remembered how she had sneaked away from her bodyguards with her.
"I want to see her again." Haruka said quietly. Both women with her looked
at her intensely. "Maybe tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow you're going out with my sister." Taiki pointed out.
"You want me to discourage her, don't you?" snapped Haruka. Taiki fell
silent, biting her lower lip. She did. But she didn't want her sister hurt.
Sensing Taiki's reservations, Haruka tried to reassure her. "I'll go out
with her, and then I'll clear up everything with her. Trust me."
Taiki looked dubious, but nodded her head. Haruka's word was gold.
"Minako-chan, I'm asking you to help me again. I need to see her." Haruka
couldn't resist Michiru. She wanted to know the fiery violinist. She liked
Kaioh Michiru.
"I'll see what I can do." Minako reached over to squeeze Haruka's hand,
pleased with how sincere Haruka sounded.
Haruka was about to thank Minako when the sound of tiny feet racing towards
them made all three look up. Hotaru, in a very cute purple sundress, was
racing to them, a backpack that was practically her size bouncing on her
back.
"Haruka-papa, Haruka-papa, ReiandIsawyouinthewindowandwecameintoseeyou!"
Hotaru chattered breathlessly and climbed into Haruka's lap. She took off
her SpongeBob backpack and brandished it proudly. "And look what Rei bought
me! Haruka-papa! Look! Look!"
"Uh," Haruka floundered in Minako's furious gaze. Taiki was trying not to
laugh, while nodding at the adorable little girl who was demonstrating how
many zippers and do-hickeys were on the backpack. "I can explain."
Rei, who was walking slowly to the table and not aware of the situation
grinned at Taiki's outfit, deciding to tease Taiki and Haruka a bit. Putting
on a sexy pout, she stopped in front of the table and placed a hand on a
cocked hip. "Haruka honey, who are these two beautiful women with you? Are
you cheating on me? And in front of our daughter too!"
Haruka's face fell. The world was just working against her today.

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endnote: so what do you think? :P