A Sailor Moon Fanfiction: The Pledge of the Sun.

Chapter 51

"What the heck?!" cried Usagi. "It's that one girl from yesterday!"

"Hey! Tsukino! Don't go away just yet!" cried Natsumi. "I need to talk to you for a second!"

"How about you get out of the street before you get run over, first?!" yelled Harusuke.

He immediately ran into the street, grabbed Natsumi by the hand, and pulled her out of the way just as a large truck zoomed by, honking loudly. Harusuke doubled over, holding his knees, panting.

"Well, that's a few years shaved off of my life," he said, wiping his brow.

"Nice save, Harusuke," said Usagi. "That was close."

Natsumi then went up to Harusuke, getting close to his face causing the boy to yelp in surprise.

"So, your name is Harusuke Tsukino? I didn't know that," she said, her eyes still sparkling with giddiness. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Harusuke! My name is Natsumi Ginga!"

"Um... I-I kind of knew that already. You are in our class," Harusuke stammered. "But it's nice to meet you, Natsumi."

Usagi then scowled, feeling her overprotective sisterly instinct take over, causing her to step in between the two as she glared at Natsumi.

"Hey, you! Just what do you think you're doing?!" she demanded. "Can't you see that you're bothering him?"

"What does it matter to you?" Natsumi countered. "I mean, is he your boyfriend?"

Harusuke and Usagi's eyes went wide as their faces went red with surprise.

"B-Boyfriend?!" they exclaimed.

"Of course, he's not my boyfriend!" Usagi cried. "Harusuke is-"

"Well, then that means he's fair game for both of us!" Natsumi interrupted. "Therefore, that means you're my rival!"

She then fantasized about falling in love with Harusuke, picturing him as a hunky man.

"Oh, my dearest, Harusuke!" she thought. "I, Natsumi Ginga, will pierce your heart and all of your passion receptor points with my arrows of adoring love!"

Harusuke suddenly shivered, feeling a strange cold chill down his spine as she and Usagi stared at the girl.

"She is such a weirdo," Usagi whispered to Harusuke.

"Normally, I'd say the pot is calling the kettle black," Harusuke whispered back. "But even I have to agree."

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At the Tsukino house, Luna and Artemis were in Usagi's room talking to one another about the incoming danger that was Ail and Ann and about restoring the other Guardians' memories.

"We have no idea if we're up against a new enemy yet," Luna said. "But we do know that something bad is happening around here."

"But Minako and the other Guardians are finally leading such peaceful lives," protested Artemis. "You said it yourself, but I don't want to spoil all of that by bringing them back."

"Yeah, I know what you mean, but how do you think we should deal with this situation?" asked Luna. "I'm worried about Usagi and Harusuke handling it all on their own."

At that moment, Usagi and Harusuke entered the room, Usagi back to feeling sad about Mamoru.

"This is bad," she whined as she sat on the floor. "Mamoru doesn't know who I am, and without his memories, he refuses to pay any attention to me."