Temptation of the Sea

Sea Breeze

Chapter 5: Sea Breeze

May 1994

It had been nine months since I broke up with Michiru. It was hard at first, to always have to be together, but not actually be together. Eventually we got back into our old rhythm, no more being awkward, no more painful encounters. We even sometimes jokingly flirted with each other, knowing that nothing could happen. We discovered that living like this helped us bear the burden of the mission without distracting us. For now, we were both ignoring our feelings for each other.

We both received specialty suisen from Mugen Academy. They were beyond ecstatic that famous racer Tenoh Haruka and genius violinst Kaioh Michiru wanted to go to their school.

We moved to Tokyo after we graduated from middle school and moved into an apartment by ourselves. We started school at Mugen as first year high school students.

The Death Busters started attacking not long after we got here. The first victim was a shrine maiden named Rei who we later got to know personally as Haruka and Michiru as well as her group of friends.

Rei Hino, like I said, is a shrine maiden at Hikawa shrine. She has long black hair and purple eyes. She went to an all girls, Catholic, ladder school.

Usagi Tsukino was a child like, fun loving girl. She once followed around Michiru for a day because she wanted Michiru to teach her how to be an elegant lady. She had long blonde hair that she wore in a cute bun hairstyle and blue eyes.

Ami Mizuno was the genius of the group. She wanted to be a doctor and was passionate about her studies. Michiur challenged her to a swim race once and then proceeded to upset her after they tied. To make it up to her, she challenged her again and sent me to fetch her. She had short blue hair and blue eyes.

Makoto Kino was the strongest of the group. She was tall and although she went to the same school as Usagi and Ami, she had to wear a different uniform because they didn't have any in her size. I almost ran her over with my motorcycle and she developed a crush on me after I treated a wound that she had. She had curly brown hair that she wore in a ponytail and green eyes.

Minako Aino was athletic but also wanted to be an idol. She went to a different middle school as well. The first day I met Minako, she and Usagi followed me around all day because they thought I was a guy and Minako thought she had a shot with me. She had long blonde hair that she wore with a red bow and blue eyes.

When we came to Tokyo, we discovered an existing group of Sailor Senshi, but none of them, except for the intuitive and possible psychic Sailor Mars, really knew what the Death Busters were doing, and even then, she was only getting very vague visions, similar to the ones that I was getting before I awakened.

Their leader, Sailor Moon, didn't really seem like she was taking anything seriously, and often needed to be rescued either by her fellow senshi, us, or her boyfriend, Tuxedo Kamen. Strangely, at the end of the day, she was always able to defeat the enemy and her team often worked well together to win. I may not like how they handle the situation most of the time, but I do admire their ability to always pull through in the end.

What really struck me when I first go here was that Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen seemed to be able to maintain a relationship while also having to fight. They complimented each other in battle and always helped the other when needed. They didn't think that they had to sacrifice their feelings for each other for the sake of their mission and it somehow worked out. What was different between Michiru and me and them? How were they able to pull this off and we weren't?

Today was a rough day. No, that was a serious understatement, but I'm too exhausted to think of a better word.

Michiru and I had suspected that the Death Busters might go after one of my competitors, Yamada. Michiru had volunteered to keep an eye on him. I ran into Usagi after she had missed the bus after one of my motocross races. I offered to drive her home but a couple of my other competitors tried to pretty much kill us and managed to damage my bike. While trying to fix it, Michiru called me and told me to meet up with her because she thought something was going to happen. I left Usagi and ran to meet up with Michiru.

When I got to where she was, Neptune was tied to a tree and Kaolinite was standing next to her with two daimons. She revealed that they were never interested in Yamada and were using him to lure us in so that they could destroy us. Of course, that's when Sailor Moon showed up and cut the rope that was binding Neptune. Kaolinite set her daimons on us. I tried to fight them but Sailor Moon kept getting in my way. The daimons then handcuffed us and Neptune tried to tell us to escape but then Kaolinite threw her over a cliff.

My heart broke for the second time, but I knew that she was right. There was no way that Sailor Moon and I would be able to effectively fight so I managed to get her to run away - she wanted to stay and try to help Neptune. We found a cave that we hid in for a while. We argued quite a bit, seeing as we had different feelings toward the mission and she didn't support my decision to leave Neptune behind.

We actually bonded a bit. She treated my wounded shoulder and she awkwardly asked me to scratch her back, but I did it anyways. Eventually the daimons found us and we made our back to the clearing where Kaolinite was waiting for us.

We fought so much better. We were in sync, and we were even able to trick the daimons into cutting our handcuffs. Sometime while we were fighting, Kaolinite noticed that Neptune had managed to survive the fall and was crawling out of the water onto some rocks. Sailor Moon attacked her to stop her from getting to Neptune. I destroyed one of the daimons and Sailor Moon destroyed the other. Kaolinite left because she had ultimately failed.

I left Sailor Moon and hurried down to the lake to get Neptune. She was surprised that I had come back for her and asked my why I did it, since she knows that I was willing to sacrifice anything, even her. I told her that Sailor Moon had ultimately been the one to save her.

We finally made it back to our apartment, first having to find my bike and fixing it. We were both exhausted from the day. As soon as we entered the apartment, Michiru started her usual routine of cleaning the apartment. I went to change out of my race suit and clean up a bit. When I returned, she was still cleaning. I leaned against a wall and watched her pensively. I had almost lost her today. She could have died and I would've been left to carry out the mission alone.

That's when I decided that I couldn't do it. I couldn't live my life without Michiru. I loved her and I don't really care about the mission right now. I just want Michiru.

I walked over to where she was, sitting on the couch and arranging the books and magazines that were on the coffee table. I sat down next to her. "Michiru."

"Hmmm?" she put down the book she was holding, sat up, and turned towards me.

I couldn't help myself. I grabbed her face and pressed my lips against hers. She hesitated at first, no doubt from confusion, but she started kissing me back.

When I pulled away she said, "I don't understand."

"Today, I felt what it was like to lose you and I never want to feel like that again," I told her. I put my hands on top of hers in her lap.

"But what about the mission?" she asked, searching my face, trying to figure out my change of heart.

"I don't care about the mission right now. Right now, in this moment, I only care about you." I paused. I was going to say it. I was going to tell her. "I love you."

"Oh, Haruka. I love you, too," she put her arms around my neck and pulled me back in for another kiss.

I start to take off her sweater. She releases her arms from around my neck to allow me to get the sleeves off her arms. She begins to unbutton my shirt and slides it off my shoulders. I grab for her shirt and pull it off her. We pull of the rest of our clothes until we're left in our underwear. Michiru was now lying down on the couch with me lying on top of her. I grabbed one of her breasts and started massaging it over her bra. She moaned with pleasure and began to unclip my bra.

I woke up the next day in my bed with Michiru in my arms, and I couldn't be happier.

We made love for the first time that night. I don't know if getting back together with Michiru was the best decision, but I know that it was the best decision for us. We were finally together and we could finally be a couple. And no one, not Michiru's parents, not the other Sailor Senshi, not even the Death Busters, were going to tear us apart.

Fin.