Minako looked around the room in horror.
"Where's Tenshi-chan?"
"Nani?!" Everyone looked up.
But Tenshi had long left to find a bathroom.
"Quick! We have to find her!" Makoto exclaimed.
"What will Michiru-sama say?!" Rei cried.
"What will Haruka-sama say?!" Minako worried.
"What will I say about what?"
"Haruka-sama!" Minako laughed hysterically.
Haruka ignored the strange behavior. "Will you two stay in the room if I put you down?" Haruka asked the twins.
"Pwomise," Mi-chan said and Neko nodded.
As soon as Haruka put them down, they ran to some of the others in the room. Mi-chan gave a rose to Makoto, and Neko showed great courage in approaching Serenity to give her a rose.
Haruka looked over at Endymion. "I blame you for what they put me through," she told him, only half seriously.
She put Ryo's new bouquet on the table and looked around. "Ne, where are Michiru and Tenshi? � And the baby?"
Minako looked even more hysterical as she said, "Ano, Michiru-sama went to change Kimahou-chan and� and-"
"Min'ko-sama?"
Minako looked down at the young girl, happy to be interrupted. "Hai, Mi-, Ne-, ano, which are you?"
Haruka smiled. "That's Michiru-chan." She glanced over to Neko, who was attempting to get her stuffed cat back.
"I'm gonna be big sister!" Mi-chan handed Minako a flower.
"Arigatou."
"So Michiru took Tenshi to change Kimahou-chan? That's odd. Why didn't she just leave Tenshi here with one of you?"
The group sweatdropped.
"Ano, about Tenshi-chan�" Serenity started.
"You know how easily kids can get slip out of your grasp�" Makoto added.
"I'm sure Michiru-sama had the best of intentions when she left Tenshi-chan with us�" Minako continued.
"When she left her with Minako-chan�" Rei clarified as she pushed Minako to the front of the group.
Haruka's eyes narrowed. "Where's Tenshi?"
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*Got her!* Neko was oblivious to the conversation as she tried to rescue her Luna cat. Michiru had left Luna all alone in a chair. Someone could easily have sat on her. Neko had been very worried.
But now she had her and everything would be okay.
"YOU LOST TENSHI!?!"
Neko looked up at a very angry Haruka. *How scary!* She was so scared in fact, that she took Luna and ran out the door, which was both nearby and open.
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Mi-chan looked up at a very angry Haruka. *How scary!* She was so scared in fact, that she hid behind Minako's leg, which was the closest thing she could find to hide behind.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Haruka had kept her cool for most of the day, but this was the last straw.
"How could you lose Tenshi?! She doesn't go anywhere without asking permission! You-"
"Neko-chan!"
Haruka followed Endymion's gaze to the open door that Neko must have just run through.
"Shimatta!" she said under her breath.
Mi-chan whimpered from behind Minako's leg.
Haruka scowled at everyone in the room. "Look after her! Don't take your eyes off her for one second! And whatever you do, don't tell Michiru you lost Tenshi!" She turned and headed for the door.
"Matte!" Minako stepped forward. "Can we help you find them?"
Haruka looked back only long enough to glare at her. "Don't you think you've done enough?" She ran out of the room.
"Haruka-san," Serenity called, too late. She looked at the others. "Minna, we've got to help her!"
They nodded.
"Mamoru, love. Stay here and watch Michiru-chan, onegai."
"Hai. Good luck, minna."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Tenshi stepped out of the woman's bathroom and tried not to slip. The nice nurse, who had pointed the way to a bathroom when she had gotten lost, had warned her that the janitor was mopping the floor in that area.
"Watch your step. Watch your step. Watch your step," Tenshi sang to herself.
"Kawaii," said the janitor from across the room. Then she turned her attention to finishing this floor's mopping.
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