Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Alecto's Run ❯ Remembrance ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter 3: Remembrance

Chapter finished February 26, 2004

Ami: I feel so bad for Kawa-chan. Luna told us there was some youma to the northwest of where we were. All five of us find her with a youma slowly going towards her. Luckily we showed up when we did. Sailor Moon, Mars, and me kept the youma distracted while Venus and Jupiter helped Kawa-chan. She thanked us for saving her and went on home. A little later on after I had dropped dinner off for my mom I came across Kawa-chan by the door into the hospital. I helped her in and my mother took her into a private room. Kawa-chan had an IV put in with some pain medication. I left not too long after her doctor gave her the medication. I hope Kawa-chan is okay.

A small amount of sunlight peeked through the blinds into Yuri's room the following morning. She pulled her blanket over her head. Her father heard her move and glanced over at the clock. It was nearly nine o'clock in the morning and he needed to call his workplace and tell his boss he would not be coming into work. He quietly got out of the chair and slid her door open.

"Oto-san." she said quietly.

He almost didn't hear her cause the blanket had muffled her quiet voice, "Yuri. Is there anything wrong?"

"Did the doctor find anything wrong with me last night?"

"No, but he's working hard to find out why you keep getting these headaches. Just go on back to sleep. I just have to call work and tell them I won't be coming in today."

After he had stepped out of the room she slowly sat up in her bed. She knew the girls would worry about her some, since she was unable to go to school that day. She kneeled up on the foot of her bed and pulled the blinds up a little bit. The sun hit her face and she ducked to avoid most of the light from hitting her face and bringing on another headache. She slid the window open the entire way and a cool breeze came rushing into the room. She looked down at herself and noticed that she still had her seifuku on. She got out of bed and closed and locked her door. She fumbled through her closet trying to find something comfortable to wear. She picked out a mid thigh blue plaid skirt, an open back long sleeved white shirt that tied at the back of the neck, and a pair of knee high socks. She may not have gone to school but there was no way that she was going to stay in the house the entire day.

As she walked out of her room her father was on the phone trying to explain why he needed to take the day off of work. She knew that his workplace was not happy about him taking the day off since he was one of the main bosses and it was because of his skills that he was transferred.

"If you need to go to work, go." she said quietly as she walked by him.

"Excuse me sir for just a moment." he said being as polite as he could. He covered the mouthpiece of the phone, "Yuri what did you say?"

"If they need you at work then go." she answered sitting down at the kitchen table, "I'll be alright on my own. I have both your and mom's cell numbers and my phone is on right now so there will be no problem to get a hold of you if I need to."

"I'm stay with you today since the doctor is no sure if your body liked receiving that high of a dose of pain medication. If you collapse or pass out someone needs to be here with you. Your mother went to work this morning and I will not have you home alone."

He scratched his head trying to decide what he was going to do, "I can come in for two hours to straighten up any problems that need to be taken care of right away, but that is all I can spare." he said calmly into the phone.

Yuri got up and pulled down the cereal box. She wouldn't mind being alone for a small amount of time since she could think about what had happened the previous night. She pulled down a bowl from the cabinet and set it down on the table. She got a clean spoon from the sink and set it on the table.

"You want something to eat before leaving dad?" she asked pouring the cereal in the bowl.

"No, I'll have something when I come home. You just take it easy and don't answer the door or answer the phone. If it is important a note will be left or a message. Just stay in your room and rest until I come back."

He grabbed his cell phone from the table and his briefcase from the table. He quickly walked out of the kitchen and down the hall and slipped his shoes on. He left the house leaving the door open. Their dog was outside braking as he left in his car. After finishing the cereal she had poured for herself she placed the bowl in the sink. She didn't heed her father's advice and went outside to see how her dog was doing.

As she approached her dog, the dog happily barked. She smiled faintly, "Chibi-chan you're the cutest dog in the world. Always happy. Never judging me in any way. You don't know I'm different and I love you for that."

A man came walking in from the alleyway and came within 50 feet of her and Chibi. Chibi started to growl and bark loudly at the man. Chibi was normally a very friendly dog, but there was something about this man that upset her. Yuri stood up straight looking over the man who had come on her family's property.

"I finally found you after all this time." he said with a fairly happy tone.

She started to get a bit of pain in her head, Why am I getting one now? Last night wasn't enough.

"Are you okay? You don't look well." the guy said taking a step towards her.

She backed up and Chibi started to bark even louder. The guy went back to where he had been when Chibi lunged forward trying to bite him.

"You just stay where you are. Chibi doesn't like strangers and she will bite you." a little smirk came across her face, "And you'd deserve it for coming on to my family's property without permission."

The man narrowed his eyes at her little comment. He was going to have her no matter what. Even if he had to take her somewhere and force her to remember everything that had ever happened. He knew everything that she had been going through the past few years.

"You talk back a lot for a girl who's still in high school. Are you or are you not suppose to show respect for people older than you?" he asked coldly.

The headache was growing worse the longer the man stayed. However there was no way she was going to go into the house without knowing the man was gone. He stared at her with a smirk across his face, You think you can get rid of me so easily guess again. That pain is nothing compared to what I'm going to eventually put you through. I just like toying with you. Such a stupid girl. Thinking that it's the sailor senshi's battles causing the headaches. Don't make me laugh.

She heard her cell phone go off in her pocket. She went and pulled it out, but before she flipped it open the guy took it from her hand. He threw it some way away from the two of them.

"I don't like interruptions." he said taking one of her shoulders.

"Let me go. No one should touch me!" she yelled pushing him back a few feet.

She immediately ran into the house and ran into the kitchen for the phone. Her only hope of getting rid of this guy was to call the police and have them come. Once the phone was in hand she ran down to her bedroom and closed and locked the door. There was a slight chance that the guy had followed her into the house. She set the phone down on her bed and took her medication so she could at least think clearly. All of sudden she heard a pounding on her door.

Why can't the senshi come help? I don't know what to do with this guy, she thought grasping the phone tightly.

"Get back away from there!" a girl said.

"You have no business being here." the guy responded, "My business with Yuri is my own. Besides what can two little girls do?"

Yuri went around and went through her parents room via a small back hallway and peeked out from their room. There were two girls standing there in a face off with the guy. One girl had very short hair almost like a boy's and the other had shoulder length hair. The two girls shared a glance then at the same time henshined into sailor senshi. Yuri looked on with disbelief.

"I have no reason to fight either one of you. I just want Yuri."

"Well our princess wants Yuri to remain safe." the one girl said now with short blonde hair.

"And we always follow what our princess wishes." the other replied now with a blue-greenish hair color.

He looked back and Yuri quickly ducked behind the door. He saw her and then looked back at the two senshi, "I know where she is now. You can't always watch out for her. I will get her one day."

He disappeared in a cloud of smoke and Yuri came out, phone in hand. She looked at the two senshi wondering why they would have shown their identities.

"Are you okay?" the senshi in navy blue asked, "It was pretty close."

Yuri nodded, "I'm alright. I just don't know where that guy came from."

"You're lucky that he didn't get to accomplish whatever it was he was set out to do. Our princess told us about you yesterday. You are very lucky our princess thinks of you so highly." the other explained some.

Yuri grabbed her head since she was beginning to feel dizzy for some unknown reason. She blacked out for a second trying very hard to keep control. She fell forward and the senshi in navy got a hold of her before she could fall to the floor.

"Uranus, it's alright. I think this has been too much for her to handle. It's not everyday that some guy comes up to you and tries to do something that you don't know what."

"But there's something that guy knows about her that we don't. No one knows exactly who this girl is and we need to find out what that guy knows. Otherwise we can't do anything but watch her every move."

Neptune smiled to herself, "I would not worry. She knows what she has to do to protect herself. She knows that the senshi are here to protect people."

They heard what sounded like a car pulling up. The two de-henshined and Haruka carried Yuri into her room. The two of them shared a glance knowing they would have to come up with a story for whoever was pulling up.

Her father was back. He found Yuri's cell phone in the bushes and picked it up. As he came walking into the house surprised that the door was still open. He kicked his shoes off and there were a few things out of place. As he walked down the hall slowly he found the phone on the floor. He noticed her bedroom door was open. He peeked around and saw two other girls in the room with his daughter.

"What are the two of you doing in my house?" he asked sternly.

Michiru very delicately tucked some of her hair behind her left ear, "We were driving by and saw your daughter on the ground in your yard. We decided to check on her to make sure nothing was wrong. We do not know how long she was there, but when Haruka saw the door open she carried her in here."

"How long have the two of you been here?" he asked not changing his tone.

"Maybe ten minutes. We are unsure. Your daughter has not woken up in that time." Michiru answered again very calm.

"I thank both of you. People do not normally go out of their way to help someone in this day and age."

"We were glad to help. Now that she has someone here to watch her, we will show ourselves out." Michiru said with a slight bow. Haruka followed her out of the room and outside to the car.

Haruka glanced back at the house then at Michiru, "Good story. Do you think he'll believe it?"

"I'm not sure. Yuri will be okay. Just we now have an enemy that wants something with her and have to find out."

Haruka walked around to the driver's side of the car and leaned against the car, "Usagi will worry about this if we tell her."

"We best not tell her then. As soon as we find out what this guy wants we will tell her." Michiru stepped into the car. Haruka did the same and the two of them drove off.

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He looked down at Yuri and debating whether or not to call her physician. If it had just been a fainting spell as a result of the high does of pain medication, there was no concern. He sat down in the chair he had the night before and rubbed his forehead rather frustrated.

She moaned a tiny bit and slowly opened her eyes. She looked around the room wondering what had become of the two senshi who had helped her, "Dad...."

He looked up suddenly, "Yuri are you okay? Two girls told me they found you passed out in the yard next to Chibi. You shouldn't have gone outside."

She sat up slowly, "I'm fine, dad. I think the medication got to me from last night. Did you get their names by chance?"

"One was named Haruka, but I do not know the other's. I want you to lay down while I call your doctor. He said if anything happened to you today or last night that I should give him a call."

She swung her legs over the side of the bed, "Please don't. I think being outside just got to me today. I just don't want him to know about this. I'm fine really."

He walked out of the room. His wife would not be happy if he did not tell the doctor what had happened. Yuri seemed fine, but he had to make sure. If her condition was to get worse as a result of the medication, or a combination, something would have to be done. He dialed the doctor's office. She came out and saw he was on the phone.

"Thanks a lot dad." she said quietly slipping on a pair of shoes to go out into the yard.

He watched her walk out into the yard knowing she was not happy, "Yes. I thought I should tell you that Yuri fainted today and I was wondering if it had anything to do with the medication she received last night."

"Do you know if she took her normal pain medication anytime today?" the doctor asked.

"I do not know. Let me go ask her."

"If she did the fainting could be from the two medications interacting with each other. Just keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn't faint again. If she does bring her in."

"Alright. If my wife calls asking if I called about anything, please do not say anything. I will tell her myself. Last night was very hard on her."

"I understand. I will make a note of this in her chart. If something important comes up like this again, call the cell phone number I gave to your wife."

"I will next time. Thank you for your time."

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The doctor hung up the phone and went behind the front desk and got Yuri's chart. He shuffled through the many pages that had accumulated since the family had moved to Japan. He made a careful note of what her father had told him. After making the note he rubbed his forehead. He was reaching the limit in which he could help Yuri. She was sixteen and still coming to him. It was a matter of time before Yuri would have to change doctors since she was getting older. The doctor that she would end up going to would have one complicated patient medical history. He knew that if he had Yuri's birth parent's medical histories that it would greatly help in knowing if some sort of brain disorder ran in either family.

"Closed adoptions create the biggest problem for doctors." he said closing her file. He set it on the receptionist's desk, "I want this put back right away."

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Her father walked to the doorway and watched his daughter play with the dog. The dog had been a birthday present on Yuri's 8th birthday. The dog was getting on in years and it would be very difficult to take the lost of her dog; her friend throughout everything. He leaned his back against the doorway.

She looked back and let Chibi off of her leash. Chibi went running into the house and Yuri went walking up to her dad.

"You worried about something? What did the doctor say?" she asked sitting on the top step.

"Did you take the pain medication at all today?"

"A little earlier. I started to get another headache and I had to take something." she looked up at him, "I shouldn't have done that, should I've have?"

"No it's alright that you did. Just the medication he gave you when you were in the hospital doesn't react to well to the normal medication. However if you faint again you'll have to go back in." he sat down next to her, "What happened today? You've never fainted before."

She played with her hair for minute. He couldn't find out what had actually happened. She brought her knees up a little, "I told you, it was probably going outside and playing with Chibi. Those two girls were very nice to me. I remember one of them helping me inside. I woke up a little and they explained what had happened."

"Your mother will freak when I tell her about what happened. And don't go and tell me not to tell her. I promised the doctor I would. Your mother worries cause of everything that has happened in the past couple of days." he let out a heavy sigh, "I should have just let you stay at the old high school."

"No, it's alright. There are a few girls who are my friends. They're helping me out."

"Your mother saw the seifuku last night." she immediately took her eyes from him and looked at the ground. "Yuri what happened to the seifuku? It's all torn."

"A girl got smart with me and pushed me on the ground a couple of times yesterday. And if you're wondering about the cuts that's where those came from. There's always been a girl who has some problem with me for one dumb reason or another. She got yelled at by the teacher and nothing else should happen."

He sighed again and went back into the house. He went into the kitchen to try and come up with something for a late lunch. He found in the fridge some sandwiches that would have been used for lunches that morning had the previous night's events not happened.

Yuri ran her hand through her hair, I wish I hadn't lied to him like that, but if I told him the truth he'd never understand. He'd think I was crazy.

"Yuri I have some lunch ready. Come inside and have something to eat." her dad called out.

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Usagi and the girls had gotten out of school early, which was a rare occurrence in Japanese schools. They were all walking wondering what could have happened to Yuri. Haruka pulled up along the sidewalk.

"Haruka-san, Michiru-san, what are you two doing here?" Makoto asked.

"That girl you talked about last night is in more danger than we first thought." Haruka answered, "We found her at her house and there was a guy there. He's after her for some reason and he's not joking around."

"Why was Yuri home?" Minako asked.

"Don't know, but she's attracting some unwanted attention to herself. We need to find out who this guy is." Michiru answered.

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"I was so close to having her. But those two sailor senshi had to show up." the guy said pacing back and forth in his room. It was dimly lit with candles and had very simple furniture.

"Those sailor senshi don't have a clue on who they're dealing with. Yuri will be mine in way or another. Even if it means bringing her here so I can have her alone and to myself. I'll make her remember everything." a smirk formed on his face, "Sailor senshi try and stop me."

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I know this is a "24" type of ending to the chapter and I know it's a cliffhanger, but it just ends better like this. So please review this chapter and if you want to join the mailing list just e-mail me. Hopefully I can have a new chapter done within the next week, although I should be able to finish sooner than that.